After seriously over training for a May marathon (my 1st one) throughout the winter I suffered an injury (tibilias posterior tendonosis) in February which has meant that I’ve not been able to run since then, a couple of false starts aside, buggering up myself up again by “taking it steady” (yeah right, stupid competitive nature) on the Woodbank Park Run I finally ran my first run this morning. 1.5 miles in 12 minutes.
Considering when I was running in Jan/Feb I was doing 18-20 miles most Sundays, I have a long way to get back, but it was probably the best and most enjoyable run I’ve ever done. Just to be back with no pain and being able to run free is such a fantastic feeling.
My main problem is getting over-excited, trying to push too far and injuring myself again. I’ve spent too much money on physio (Harris and Ross in Wilmslow, brilliant guys) very painful exercises to strengthen my glutes and orthotics to arse it up by doing too much now. Got to remind myself I've got till early to mid June to get myself in shape for building up again. Made sure that I’ve been doing a lot of swimming and cycling to keep myself in shape. Hopefully, Chester is back on.
I was aiming, in an ideal world for 3.45 but now, may have to re-adjust and just say, “I want to get to the start line in good shape and see what happens”
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