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So lets get this right ...

We're runners ... we take care of ourselves ... and we pay to be hurt!?!!

Yep last night it was time to see ouchy hurty lady! She agreed that yep my calves were tight and today I feel bruised!

Yesterday poor Gnome was feeling the effects of his run (bless) but that didn't stop him going swimming with Boys Brigade last night! They only got 30mins mind as there was a MASSIVE storm! There was a power cut at the pool and so much rain the outside pool flooded and leaked into the male changing! Today I had to drag the poor love out of bed to get him up for school!!

Later that same day ....
Coach Spans insisted that a gentle walk run would do my legs good and given I had brought my kit in I thought I would give it a go.

As my calves were tender I did 10mins of walking warm up and then 7 sets of 3 Run 2 Walk and then a 10mins cool down. OK so I was out for 55 mins and pushing my lunch "hour" but no one is paying any notice of me and I have no work so why not!

The run was just a gently run and I guess it was say 12mm pace maybe more maybe less, I wasn't interested to be honest! There were moments when my calves were still tight (but no worse than before!) but as I was doing walk run they weren't bad. It was a nice run, warm and calm and relaxing.

I'm hoping that todays tightness is post massage tenderness but I will keep my eye on it and consider a trip to Sutton Runner with v-rap (my local running shop is pants and I don't know where any others are!). I may try some different shoes too.

I've been wearing Saucony 3D Grid Hurricanes since October 2003 when DogWalker at Up and Running in Watford told me I over pronated by 5% and as I was marathon training I should wear a more supportive shoe. If I wasn't then neutral shoes would have been OK as I don't over pronate that much. Prior to this my worst injury was a blister.
Jan 2004 I had a ligament strain next to my metertarsal so defered from FLM04.
Feb 2005 I got the stress fracture (but completed FLM05!)
Feb 2006 I admitted I had PF.
Are these niggles/injuries related? Don't know! Worth a try mind! What do you lot think?

Comments

XFR Bear said…
I'd have another assessment done Pix - nothing to lose by doing it
4:05 PM, September 12, 2006
RobW said…
Does sound a bit suspicous, no injuries then a change of shoe and its one after another
4:07 PM, September 12, 2006
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