Turns out my lovely new trainers have caused me to develop 'bilateral achilles tendinopathy', which translates as pain at the bottom of both my calves. My physio seemed rather exasperated at how I'd managed to develop another problem since my last visit (in addition to getting hit by a bus last week and having my arm bandaged from an unrelated incident!). I'm reluctant to buy another new pair and am hoping that with a bit of self-massage, they might settle down ...
On a more positive note, my hamstring problem is getting better and I've been given a more fun exercise to get my glutes working - walking upstairs two at a time, very slowly. Seeing as I live in a ground floor flat this means doing the exercise at work so I'm preparing myself to get some odd looks from colleagues over the coming weeks!
I wonder if some people really are just more injury prone? If I didn't love running so much - and wasn't raising money for GSTT charity - I think I might have opted for the easy option and given up. But I haven't so I'll keep plodding on :-)
About Me
- Mel
- On October 25th 2010 and April 17th 2011, I will be running the Dublin and London marathons (respectively) in a bid to raise £1800 for Guy's & St Thomas' Charity. I had intended to run the 2010 London Marathon but had to defer my entry due to injury. The charity funds a wide range of projects from small schemes that improve the patients' environment, to major initiatives that involve the purchase of cutting-edge equipment to diagnose or treat illness". Past successes include supporting London’s first children’s hospital – the Evelina Children’s Hospital, modernising kidney disease, stroke and sexual health services in Lambeth and Southwark, funding state of the art research laboratories, and providing free concerts and therapeutic arts projects to aid patient rehabilitation. For more information on the work of the charity, please visit their website: http://www.gsttcharity.org.uk/
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