I've Only Missed 4 Weeks...

Is there a little light at the end of the tunnel?

Went to see a physio today. She thinks the problem stems from the break I had in my ankle about 17 years ago. Funny how these things come around and bite you.

Anyway she has given me some exercises and says that if I can bear the pain then I should try to resume training and she can see no reason why I could not still do London.

So two mile around the Downs on Sunday will give us a clue as to how likely that will be....

Maybe I should come up with a FLM chances guage! For now we'll make do with a :)

Is It Already Over?

Been to the doctors today and it's not looking good. She thinks that I have tendonitis in my ankle and the way she was talking that's the end of the marathon for this year.

She was saying things like rest and it's a real shame etc.etc. Not really sure where this leaves me. To be honest the pain/discomfort is probably actually worse than when it started. My two week rule has obviously failed on this one.

At the moment the marathon feels as far away as the moon.

Not happy... :(

Pictorial Update...

+ =!

and it gets worse...

Pain had reduced to more of a dull ache so I decided to give light jogging a try.

Big mistake!

Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!

This is pants...

Two days in to the schedule and still can't run. My ankle is not really any better than it was a week ago. Just hoping that my two week body repair rule is still going to apply.

I am sure it will. It's just a good job that I did some good work over Christmas.

Happy New Year!

...not!

Hmmmm, this is concerning. Did the Hangover 10K this morning. Time was rubbish, didn't have a hangover - although I'm pretty sure it's not obligatory - but what's more worrying is a brand new pain. To make it worse it's in my right leg - that's my good leg!

The pain is right around the joint on the inside. It had been feeling a little sore prior to today but after warming up for the race (obviously my first mistake - I've never really warmed up for a race before) it was really really stiff with an occasional sharp stabbing pain. Once I got started it loosened up alittle but at 3K it's the closest I've ever come to giving up during a race. The pain was spreading up from my ankle and across my shin - and this is my good leg!!

I decided to keep going, slowly. Just using it as a training run with then a fast 1 to 2K finish. And I did manage that taking out two people in the last K. One of whom was about 1/2K in front going into the last stretch.

Afterwards, though, not feeling good. My groin on the right side seized up and I couldn't really put too much weight on my right foot. I am getting lighter just obviously not fast enough!

My real schedule is due to start in 4 days - this is looking ominous