doctorintheTARDIS
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2016
**I hope it's alright that I do a trip report in the RunDisney forum section. I am going to cover a bit about the parks, but this is mostly about my running experience, so.
Some Prior Information About Myself and Running: I started running in June 2016 on a whim. I tried several couch to 5k programs that never worked for me. One night, I saw a 5k for animals on facebook scheduled for the next day. I signed up...after eating McDonald's for dinner. My time was ~34 minutes, completely untrained and I sort of went with it from there. I had a lot of great races and eventually ended up with a personal best of 26 minutes for a 5k. After a few races, I was eventually evaluated for running shoes and told that my foot pronation was pretty severe and the employee went as far as telling me that I shouldn't be running. I was pretty heartbroken. I played ice hockey, soccer, and softball growing up without issue, so I ignored the store employee's comments, got the stability shoes and continued on. Until...I was training for a half marathon last summer and made it up to about 25-30 miles a week and suddenly my knees started hurting. Long story short since this intro is getting long winded- went to a doctor and I not only have runners knee but was also born with deformed knees (my knee caps are arrowhead shaped).
With deformed knees and pronating ankles... running shouldn't be my sport, but I love it. I can't train as much as others without pain, so I've learned to get by with what I can do. I may have made some questionable decisions based on others opinions, but I know my body and ask that we don't question my medical based decisions in this thread.
(Each day will be written in the posts below this initial post. More photos may be added later as Disney photopass' website is down and has been down since we left Disney...)
DoctorInTheTARDIS' Dark Side 5k+ Challenge + 4 Parks Trip Report!
Some Prior Information About Myself and Running: I started running in June 2016 on a whim. I tried several couch to 5k programs that never worked for me. One night, I saw a 5k for animals on facebook scheduled for the next day. I signed up...after eating McDonald's for dinner. My time was ~34 minutes, completely untrained and I sort of went with it from there. I had a lot of great races and eventually ended up with a personal best of 26 minutes for a 5k. After a few races, I was eventually evaluated for running shoes and told that my foot pronation was pretty severe and the employee went as far as telling me that I shouldn't be running. I was pretty heartbroken. I played ice hockey, soccer, and softball growing up without issue, so I ignored the store employee's comments, got the stability shoes and continued on. Until...I was training for a half marathon last summer and made it up to about 25-30 miles a week and suddenly my knees started hurting. Long story short since this intro is getting long winded- went to a doctor and I not only have runners knee but was also born with deformed knees (my knee caps are arrowhead shaped).
With deformed knees and pronating ankles... running shouldn't be my sport, but I love it. I can't train as much as others without pain, so I've learned to get by with what I can do. I may have made some questionable decisions based on others opinions, but I know my body and ask that we don't question my medical based decisions in this thread.
(Each day will be written in the posts below this initial post. More photos may be added later as Disney photopass' website is down and has been down since we left Disney...)
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