Quote Originally Posted by Lupi View Post
Thanks Marco/Travis, definitely a long way from running yet. Eyeing up a turbo trainer as a Christmas present, and then run/walk stuff if everything heals and strength difference between legs not too bad. Hill running may be a bit challenging with all the eccentric down hill stuff, but would like to have that as the aim. I will look into some track stuff when the time comes!
I don't see any reason why you shouldn't make a return to hill running, I just think that because of the very high forces involved with running downhill this should only be done after you have made a return to your normal top speed on a flat surface.

It takes time to re-build muscle and strength, and this is something you can't really accelerate legally; from what you've said you seem to have a good understanding of this. A patient approach will probably yield the best results in the long term.

One of the risks of returning too soon, is that you can adopt some imperfect technique. The problem with this is that this could become engrained. The advantage of running on the track with a decent club is that your technique can be viewed from front, back, left and right side easily and safely.