Friday 26 March 2010

The night before the end?

My calf's tight again today, not unexpectedly - what is a bit unexpected is I think it's a bit swollen.  The plan for tomorrow is to drive over to Coniston and do the warm up, but if it hurts during the warm up I'm not going to run.  I've booked into see Martyn Speight the Muscular-Skeletal Specialist to get a proper diagnosis, as I don't want this to be with me forever.  Need a referral so seeing the GP on Wednesday then Martyn on 8th April.

To be honest I think deep down I know that I'm unlikely to be running tomorrow.  If I don't then I'll simply stay off running completely til it feels fixed or I've been to see the sports doc (which isn't til after easter).  Probably means Blackpool's off the agenda too, although if I'm fettled by then I might just turn up and run it and see how I go - although having hardly run for 4 weeks and it still not being right I'm not sure whether another couple of weeks will make any difference.

It's actually quite cathartic thinking "that's it, buggered" - don't need to worry about doing a marathon off a disrupted build up - just that all those long runs were a bit of a waste!

I'd rather miss Blackpool and enjoy Mallorca then feel ok for the John Carrs, Leeds Half and the EDD etc.

2 comments:

  1. Desperately sorry to hear this news.
    You shouldn't think your LRs were wasted though - they have just deposited in your body's bank vault waiting to be withdrawn some other time. Focus on Mallorca now and then get race fit for all the great spring/summer races. Best Wishes, Paul.

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  2. Cheers matey - this is actually the reason I did Blackpool not London - if it's not right I won't feel I have to run and risk doing some real damage. I've entered Abingdon in October (and Chester in May come to mention it!).

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