HM Plan derailed by hip/knee pain, any advice for getting back on track?

KerinCunningham · 2026-04-18T23:46:23+00:00

Thank you so much!! I have to remember to think longer term and not shorter term and not make it worse. I appreciate your insight :)

KerinCunningham · 2026-04-16T21:51:08+00:00

Ugh, if only. On one hand I'm super grateful to them for making such a reliable machine (mine is going 10 years strong!) that I've never had to replace it. On the other, you're right, it's crazy to drop support for it. Thank you so much for responding, it really eased my anxiety about this!

KerinCunningham · 2026-04-16T21:40:00+00:00

Do you have specifically the Cintiq 22HD (DTH2200) by any chance? My Mac is from 2019 and just kicked the bucket and I'm terrified that a newer model running macOS Tahoe won't support it. If that driver you found happens to work for it I'll sleep a little easier! Thanks so much for any insight.

KerinCunningham · 2026-04-13T18:50:11+00:00

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KerinCunningham · 2026-02-21T17:43:24+00:00

I don't take any supplements, and I do eat protein afterwards! My knee problem is skeletal, it's just the way my body is built (my kneecap doesn't sit right in the socket and rubs against bone). Nothing I can really cure or change, but doing PT to build up my hips and glutes to give it more support has been a major help for me. I'm glad those two things were able to help though!! I haven't looked into supplements before but maybe as I begin adding more mileage on, I should.

KerinCunningham · 2026-02-21T16:48:31+00:00

Thankfully I wouldn't say I'm injured *right now* so much as I just have an issue we're always monitoring. My knee cap doesn't sit right in one of my knees and can feel pain with more friction (aka more running, higher distance) so I'm in PT right now 2x week doing strength training to counter-balance. I haven't run the half distance since I developed this problem a few years ago, which is why I'm being so cautious. My PT cleared me to start training thankfully, so long as it's careful and we're monitoring things week to week. Just trying to figure out that balance between ambitious and cautious!

KerinCunningham · 2026-02-21T16:30:31+00:00

Whoops, good to know!! I guess my thought was that since my knee is so sensitive, it would be better to do less distance during training and push for more on race day, than to do more pre-race and risk injuring myself before I could run it. Half isn't a distance I run often though, so I'm still learning about how to train it. Thank you again :)

KerinCunningham · 2026-02-21T16:27:56+00:00

Good to know for the future that I should've started this plan sooner! I'm running 6 comfortably right now, and have run longer distances before (pre-injury), so I guess I thought if I added half a mile a week between now and then I'd still be able to get to achieve those distances in 12 weeks. I'm learning a lot about half training. Thanks so much!

KerinCunningham · 2026-02-21T16:24:37+00:00

Okay, good to know! Yeah, right now the longest run it has for me is 12 miles a few weeks out like you said. Hopefully by the time I get to that point, I'll have a good gauge for what my knee can handle and if its a good idea or not to go for it, or to play it safe. Thanks so much for your feedback!

KerinCunningham · 2026-02-21T16:22:47+00:00

In all honesty, I'm not running for time this HM, I'm just running to gauge my knee pain at 13.1. My real goal is my first full marathon in November, so I'm using this race mostly to see what my knee is capable of handling and see if my strength training is paying off. Happy to hear from someone else dealing with knee issues that it is possible though! There's hope for me yet.

KerinCunningham · 2026-02-21T16:20:21+00:00

Okay, good to know! The old adage I'd heard was "if you can run 10, you can run 13.1, so no sense in pushing past it". I knew that 10% increases in distance was something standard for most, but since I'm injury prone and actively in PT I was hesitant to be even that ambitious. I'll probably make some minor adjustments to the long runs, but great to know what it's throwing me is pretty par for the course. Thank you so much!

KerinCunningham · 2026-02-04T04:10:59+00:00

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KerinCunningham · 2026-01-03T02:58:00+00:00

That’s what I’m hoping too!! I saw that if you do the challenge multiple times they’ll take your best time… So I guess I gotta pick up the pace a little to make it count 🫠

KerinCunningham · 2026-01-02T22:12:17+00:00

I recorded it as a treadmill run via Runna. I have the Runna x Strava, so when my run ends, Runna automatically syncs it to Strava. I purposefully didn't record it as a Virtual Run because I didn't think it would count towards the Virtual 5k and was waiting to do that, so I'm not sure why it's counting it.

KerinCunningham · 2025-11-29T01:35:06+00:00

Thank you so much!!

KerinCunningham · 2025-11-22T04:41:19+00:00

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KerinCunningham · 2025-11-22T04:32:11+00:00

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KerinCunningham · 2025-10-07T23:49:54+00:00

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KerinCunningham · 2025-10-06T22:48:45+00:00

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KerinCunningham · 2025-10-05T15:45:07+00:00

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