Weeks 2-5

At the end of these 5 weeks my symptoms were:

• RIGHT KNEE: No pain across face of knee (big improvement!). Medial patella pain point gone but feels like a very tight band going from medial patella to underneath VMO I think this is my MPFL. Still focal point of pain just under right knee slightly to medial - intermittent (whereas was constant before the marathon whenever moving). Also the right patella tendon feels kind of wet and squashy. I can tense the patella tendon without pain now but can feel crepitus (and hear it at maximum extension). Lets call that 3/5 for future reference
• LEFT KNEE: No problems. So lets call that 0/5 for future reference
  

Originally I was thinking I'd got PFPS (Patello femoral pain syndrome) but now I reckon the pain across the face of the knee was just diffuse pain from the patella tendon and really its nasty case of patella tendinopathy - which is consistent with problems from the prev year. I had audible crepitus before the marathon and thought it was coming from under the knee cap -but it's clear now that it's coming from where the patella tendon attaches to the lower patella pole

Week 1

Here's how my knees felt this week

• RIGHT KNEE: awful pain all over the knee. Specific focus (palpable spots) of pain just below patella on the medial side and on the medial edge of the patella. Could not bear to bend it, move it or even really touch it. So lets call that 5/5 for future reference!
• LEFT KNEE: had a nasty bit of ITBS on the outside of the knee and a corresponding medial patella niggle. Lets call that 4/5 for future reference.
  

Getting up and downstairs with two knees out of action was tough.