Some 7 years ago I was diagnosed with runners knee. After a 16 year layoff I came back hard, pronated badly ran to many miles to soon and now my knees grind and ache.
The good news is with proper strenghtening, stretching and patiently building a base I have been able to compete successfully in Du’s and Half Marathons. My training however is not always disiplined and can go from weeks of consistent quality to times when one run makes the week. I just finished one of these weeks and like always the stiffness and aches in my knees is far worse than when I’m pounding out a good week. Why is this?
Also anyone else found success in strenthening or stretching for this problem? I have always been told to work on quad imbalances but have recently read that hamstring strengthening is just as important.