To run or not to run that is the question.

I'm having a problem with my knee, well both knees actually but the left is much much worse than the right.

until very recently it was just the odd twinge every now and then but it has suddenly got really bad quickly. Just a couple of days ago I was saying it was ok if I was on even ground but that has gone out of the window. It is now really painful even walking at the moment even just moving around the house. I have tried to run twice today and even with the knee support on I couldn't it hurt too much and I had to walk.

Now I'm thinking it has got worse because I've pushed myself to carry on despite it hurting when I know full well what it needs to get better is for me to stop. Why have I done that? Because it is the great north run in 4 weeks.

The thing is, now I really think about this, I'm not doing the gnr for charity this year and actually the only reason I'm doing it is I want to beat last years time. I have 3 year membership so there is nothing to stop me doing that next year.

The thing I really need to focus on right now is the London Marathon and the best thing for that is to allow my knee to get better, lose weight so I don't keep buggering them up so hopefully I'm in good condition to train for the marathon.

As for this biggest loser 6 weeks, if you take gnr out of the equasion it is simply about losing weight, which was the aim originally and it was just coincidence it ended with the great north run. You don't have to run to lose weight. There are pleanty of low impact alternatives which will allow my knee to get better as I lose weight.

So it is looking at the moment like it would be best to pull out of the great north run. And this isn't me throwing a strop and saying I can't do it etc, it's just looking at it all rationally it seems the most sensible thing to do.