We kicked off this week with a fantastically
freezing 11 miles with the Sunday Club Run. 3 weeks ago I would never even have
dreamt this would have been a possibility but with the support of the club and
my zero’s I made it to the end with the foot behaving itself.
My GP wasn’t too impressed when
she looked at my X-Ray Monday and followed through with the phrase “are you
running on this”? Awkward silence followed …. Er yes! There was much eye
rolling but in the end she agreed with me – if it doesn’t hurt …...!! Don’t get
me wrong I am being VERY careful and will rest at the slightest hint of pain
but so far so good, the only pain has been of the self-inflicted heel wearing
variety!
After a particularly difficult
Tuesday morning club run I had a pretty epic hissy fit involving much sobbing
about being too unfit to run. I had a word with myself then went out Thursday
and got some of my pace back. Don’t get me wrong it wasn’t easy and every
single step was a massive effort but it’s given me a glimmer of hope that all
the hard work hasn’t been totally lost.
That said this morning’s venture
out at 6am went from bad to worse. It was cold, my chest hurt, I couldn’t make
my legs move and after three miles of what was supposed to be a five miler I
decided I was just wasting energy and shuffled off back home!
These winter months are going to
be a test for all of us but we have survived this far and nothing’s going to
stop us now!
Stay warm (and stop wearing
shorts Tweedle)!!
Amanda
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