injured. first time in ages. i suppose it had to happen, but i'm already frustrated and searching for a way to make it better fast. the achilles is painful and quite stiff - especially in the morning. when i had to get up at 4am this morning to carry my son back to bed, we almost both fell down the stairs as i limped gingerly through to his room. i'm told reliably that RICE is pretty much all i can do, apart from the strapping i've got on now and some simply low-stress stretching in the evening. this counts out the race on Sunday - not that i had great hopes because of my faulty preparation, but still..
what's doubly annoying is that i've not run with my mate here from work for ages - probably over a month - and we were both just getting back into a regular swing of things and able to hook up for a few runs a week. we were going to start on Friday. that'll have to push back a week or so now.
it sets your mind back to all the other times you've been injured. for me most notably before the Paris marathon in 2009. with about four weeks to go i got some serious pain across the top of my thighs - into the hips. i went to the physio and he found out that i have a very week muscle group there (oddly), and that it was getting overstretched with the amount of miles i was piling up at that point. had to lay off for two weeks and do this 'hanging leg' exercise to build up the deficient muscle in the meantime. it meant i missed out on some crucial training and failed to meet my own expectation on my first marathon. at the time i was exceedingly frustrated, offset only by the more-serious news a week later that my friend who was running two had torn his knee cartilage to shreds playing with his kids in the garden. his injury meant he totally missed out, but i was only running with less than best preparation. it put it all in perspective for me.
we all get injured, and i'm getting used to the 'i knew running is no good for you' retort. still, when you can't get out there, it's a true reality check on how fortunate you are when you can.
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