Last year, when I got up to around 8 miles, I suddenly developed knee problems (probably runner's knee - chondromalacia) that got so bad I stopped running for the season (even after a two-week break, the pain would come back within a mile).
I've looked into shoes, my form, pronation, knee exercises, stretching- but one frequent factor contributing to runner's knee is how fast one increases their mileage. However, I can't find any sort of remotely authoritative sounding recommendations on how quickly I should increase (preferably something backed by some research, but otherwise at least backed by a doctor or someone with sports-medicine credentials). I've heard stuff between adding several miles a week and "not more than a 10% increase per week," never with any references.
I'm not looking for "this worked OK for me," I'm looking for at least slightly authoritative recommendations, if available.
2006-06-12
11:21:25
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