It had to happen eventually.
After years of considering myself to be immune to injury I got injured.
About four weeks before Manchester Marathon I did two 20 mile runs in less than 48 hours in ill-fitting shoes. This stupidity resulted in a blood blister which then had me running on the front of my foot. This resulted in a sore foot.
Like an idiot I kept on training but the sore foot did not go away. After my marathon is was particularly painful and again a week later after a mere 6 miles I was limping everywhere.
I tried doing my running on grass but this didn't cure it so after a last race (a hilly 5 miler) I decided to stop running until it was better. That was in mid May. It is now getting towards July and I am still not running. The foot is getting better but l am probably still two weeks away from starting to jog again.
Luckily I can cycle and swim. This exercise is keeping me sane but watching the summer racing pass me by is pretty frustrating.
One positive is that after two and a half years of constant training I am giving my joints a long break and hopefully clearing up all my niggles.
I have enjoyed the swimming and cycling and may have to try a triathlon one day! Going from being a decent club runner to one of the slowest swimmers in the pool is pretty humbling and will certainly address and ego issues!
As Arnie said, I'll be back. Hopefully I'll be wiser I'm future and listen to my body.
