As many of you may be aware I was
a little glum at the tail end of last week. Having injured my Achilles and
needing to take a break from running I
was feeling desperately sorry for myself.
When I embarked on the Z2H
challenge one of the first things I did was to purchase the 'Believe - Training
Journal'. It's a handy diary / journal for logging training and setting goals
and is interspersed with useful articles, hints and tips. I decided that this
may be a good time to explore the section marked 'setbacks'. Now, the article
written by Lauren Fleshman reliably informs me that it is important to
acknowledge disappointment before moving forward. I think we can all agree I HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED DISAPPOINTMENT! It then goes
on to say that we must not dwell in misery so there shall be no more negative
thoughts surrounding the duff foot going forward just a plan of action for the
future.
With the foot still requiring
rest I have been back in the gym doing plenty of upper body and core
interspersed with a bit of swimming (I am very much a bob along breaststroke
don't let the water near my eyes kind of girl)!
To fill my time I have assigned
myself two goals, one is going to be significantly harder than the other.
1. To complete five unassisted
fully extended pull ups
2. To attend a group exercise
class
Hopefully number two won't take
too long to cross off the list (I am hoping to recruit some of the Z2H David
Lloyd goers for this task) but given my current strength I will be working on
the first one for a while to come!
By Tuesday the foot had had a
complete week of rest and there was no pain or restricted range of motion. I
ventured out for a very slow and steady two miles. It felt slightly
uncomfortable to begin with, probably more to do with my nerves but once warmed
up all was ok, that is until I got home. Over the course of the day the pain
returned so looks like I wasn't quite ready for it.
I rested the foot again and took
my Z2H companion to the gym it an attempt to kill her off before Saturday's
parkrun (it didn't work we both just ended up with sore legs)! The rest of the
week was more resting before catching up with the Z2H group on Saturday
morning.
Despite several of us having run
the parkrun before there was a definite nervous energy in the air. After the
obligatory group photo and some warm ups we were off. The Achilles appeared to
behave itself (a little niggly but nothing major) and the run was topped off
seeing Connie get her PB with a super speedy finish. Amazing effort well done
Con, this girls going to be fabulous!
The high spirits, support and encouragement
of the Redway Runners out in green was amazing and I am one happy lady to be
part of this!
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