26 March 2011
slightly nervous....
Tomorrow is the Worthing 20m run. I'm unlikely to run the whole way as my longest run so far has been 13.2m and with all the injury trouble upping the mileage by 35% might not be the brightest of ideas. So I shall definitely run 15 miles (the race are 4 x 5 mile laps) and see how I go.... so only prep I can do is carboloading and sleep - shouldn't be too difficult :-)
21 March 2011
Health update
not goood - trapped nerve between 5/6th discs in neck, no strenght in my right arm - can't even make a cup of tea :-(
Not much I can do - sitting at a desk is worse than running so I shall persist - so rest assured I shall be running the marathon.
Not much I can do - sitting at a desk is worse than running so I shall persist - so rest assured I shall be running the marathon.
20 March 2011
Not quite there yet
Soooo,
after another weeks rest and some advice from the Physio I headed out to a flat(ish) running course on soft ground - so I headed to Brockham Rugby Club and run around the fields 12 times!!!!
I went with Claire who kindly offered to run my snail pace and help me keep going. THANK YOU - no way would I have stuck to the 12 laps it took to run a meagre 10 miles.
My ankle is playing up and still killing me this evening - almost 2 decades of Basketball have left their mark and when it comes to the longer distances I can feel it again. Also my neck/shoulder clearly didn't like the long run either but its more a twinge than the full blown pain from before so I remain hopeful.
I have by now given up on any ideas of hitting a time that I might have secretly harboured - with the illness, sickness and injury and the thus reduced training it'll be a "make it round" kind of affair. But I will run it - no matter how slowly - so please keep sponsoring me!!
after another weeks rest and some advice from the Physio I headed out to a flat(ish) running course on soft ground - so I headed to Brockham Rugby Club and run around the fields 12 times!!!!
I went with Claire who kindly offered to run my snail pace and help me keep going. THANK YOU - no way would I have stuck to the 12 laps it took to run a meagre 10 miles.
My ankle is playing up and still killing me this evening - almost 2 decades of Basketball have left their mark and when it comes to the longer distances I can feel it again. Also my neck/shoulder clearly didn't like the long run either but its more a twinge than the full blown pain from before so I remain hopeful.
I have by now given up on any ideas of hitting a time that I might have secretly harboured - with the illness, sickness and injury and the thus reduced training it'll be a "make it round" kind of affair. But I will run it - no matter how slowly - so please keep sponsoring me!!
14 March 2011
Slowly does it
I'm off the painkillers, although still on anti-inflamatories and did my first 6.5km run again on Sat morning. it felt quite good and the only niggle was my shoulder.
Saw Physio today and got great advice. Might have to drop out of Cranleigh and instead focus on running on a flat, non-tarmac surface for a bit until the neck is 95% as otherwise I might run the risk of not being able to run the marathon at all. So gentle off-road running, hopefully 20m run in Cranleigh, tackle the neck with ice and stretches and then hopefully be fighting fit for London in 5 weeks
Saw Physio today and got great advice. Might have to drop out of Cranleigh and instead focus on running on a flat, non-tarmac surface for a bit until the neck is 95% as otherwise I might run the risk of not being able to run the marathon at all. So gentle off-road running, hopefully 20m run in Cranleigh, tackle the neck with ice and stretches and then hopefully be fighting fit for London in 5 weeks
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