Can't Keep Walking

One of the most important competitions of the year is coming up in a few months. This year's Interleague Swimming National is in Girardot, and I've been training so hard for it. It wouldn't be surprising that something had to go wrong so close to the competition. Last Wednesday, I was training as I usually do but something went wrong that I didn't notice until it was too late. My specialty is breaststroke, and I have to swim it a lot so I can get better and do great at the National. That day our trainer made us swim some (a lot) speed laps, and I was trying to do my best. The whole training was very intense, as had been training for almost two weeks now, but it was only now that I was noticing something was going to go wrong. It turns up next morning I couldn't even bend my left leg. It was stiff, and one of the inside tendons was swollen. This was a nightmare. How was I supposed to swim breaststroke if I couldn't bend my leg? I couldn't walk well in school (and my school is full of stairs and hills), and I felt so sore all day!

That day we arrived extremely late to the swimming pool (my dad had the brilliant idea to leave the car in the mechanic, and forgot that getting a taxi at 5:30 when it's raining is next to impossible. Fortunately fate smiled at us and after half an hour of soaking in the rain we got a taxi), which wasn't too beneficial for my cause. My trainer was burning in a silent rage (he hates that I horse-back ride), and I didn't dare to explain why we were so late. I got in to swim and my knee was killing me! I knew I couldn't breaststroke, but even in freestyle I was aware of a hard sting at the inside of the knee. We only had time to swim about 1500 meters, but they were enough to make me realize my condition was serious. As soon as we were done, I went to my trainer and told him. He didn't take me too seriously, but when I insisted, he came up with just the answer I knew he would say, and I had already ruled out, "That's just for horse-back riding." UGH, I hate it when he does that! That just wasn't right, because on Wednesday I wasn't able to horse-back ride, and it was only then when my knee got messed up. He always balmes it on horse-backriding.
My knee was getting worse, and walking around the school wasn't the best thing for it. What is very curious is that on Thursday and Friday, while I was horse-back riding, the pain just went away! The stinging was gone, and I even forgot for that short hour that anything was wrong with me. I am 100% sure it's not horse-back riding's fault.
 Sadly, my leg is still messed up. I'm very worried because my training isn't worth anything anymore. I've got to avoid breaststroke at all costs, even if my trainer is still pretending nothing serious is wrong with me. I'm hoping this weekend gives my knee a good rest, and if I'm lucky, it will get better on its own. I'll just have to "keep walking".