Apparently, the reason why my knees were hurting like mothafuckas during that 12000 m steady state erg today:

So there are these fat pads under my knees, right. Their purpose in life is to cushion the patella as it rubs against the tibia when the knee joint extends/contracts. A little part of them gets exposed when the knee is bent, so they got banged up when i fell off my scooter last week. Bruised, confused, and abused, whenever I do something extended and repeditive (like row) they swell up.

Fat pads?

hahaha

Except it’s really not funny, it hurts..

and too bad rowing is like 98% of my life and the other 2% is climbing stairs to get to class afterwards, as I mush and goosh my swelling fat against itself, making it squash and whine. boo