saw the physio last night, had some massage and acupuncture again and i'm going to try out three running styles: exaggerated heel-to-toe landing, on grass and uphill. if any of these work to not produce extra ache in the Achilles the next day there's an indication of how to proceed. if i try all of these and nothing's doing i call him back in two weeks and get referred to a sports doctor who may well end up injecting cortisone - or something lovely like that.
so i ran today. did the heel-to-toe around St James and Green parks. and i seem to be ok. we'll see about extra ache tomorrow morning, but as for now, there's very little discomfort. have to say that at the start of the run i was feeling the base of the heel quite badly, but that wore off after about five minutes.
a little excited that this means i can build back up to full fitness, so i'm going to need to restrain myself from going out for any 40min 10ks too soon.. which was bread-and-butter just two months back.. all the same, if i can combine a few short runs with some swimming and other stuff for a few weeks and see where that puts me, maybe, just maybe, i'll be back in happy valley.
weight, by the way, now 11st5lbs. coming down nicely. [eternally hungry.]
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