Kilian Jornet finished Zegama-Aizkorri, despite his broken meniscus

Kilian Jornet completed the latest edition of the Zegama-Aizkorri mountain race with a broken meniscus of his left knee. The Catalan runnerwent to the 42nd position  . He has been given an MRI in the last few hours and has been detected with an injury.

"After Zegama, I had to understand what my body meant for weeks," the Sabadell runner acknowledged in an extensive English social media release. 

"Reading the MRI report the day after the race in Zegama gave me a more detailed explanation of something I had been feeling for weeks, "the Catalan admitted.

"As I was preparing for the race, Iwas controlling the pain inmy left knee , doing physiotherapy at home and training in the best possible way. It's a routine. Since the accident in 2006  and surgery, the pain in my left leg has been constant, "he added.

"The pain I feel now is familiar to me. For the last three years I've been fighting him, probably sincethe first meniscus fracture , "he remarked. The same pain appeared last year in training for Chianti and Western States." As I learned to control, I didn't worry too much, "he added.

After theWestern States  , the pain almost disappeared when he retrained on the mountain, but reappeared a few months ago, when he started running faster and on the plain.

"In Zegama, even when pain prevented me from running, I was able to continue at a quieter pace, to enjoy the audience and feel the energy of the race. During the race, I spent a lot of timequietlythanking all the support I have received there over the years, "Jornet recalled.

In the words of the Barcelonese, "injuries are part of an athlete's life, and learning how to control pain is also fundamental to performance." "The next goal is clear: I will be onthe way out of Western States with a different preparation, but with the same curiosity to know what my body is capable of, "he added.