Back in action?

First run for two weeks this morning. This inner thigh muscle is still not healing. It feels like someone has taken it out, shortened it by an inch, and then put it back again, it’s that tight. Had to go into Exeter on Monday, and just walking around town it got more and more sore.

So today just did a light four and a bit km at 5m 34s per km pace. I could feel it pulling but it was never bad enough to stop. Now I wait and see how it feels tomorrow and Saturday before deciding whether or not to do Portland 10k on Sunday morning. I think it’s likely I’ll do it and just jog round in an hour. I really want to do it as I used to live there as a kid and I think the route goes past our old house.

After that I have to decide what to do. Charmouth Challenge is only two months away. So do I take time off to try and get the leg to heal, but end up too unfit to make a decent run of it?  Or do I carry on running, keep the fitness up, but then the leg never heals and could get worse?  I think I’ll see how I am next week. If it’s still bad I’ll use the £40 I won at poker on Tuesday to go and see a sports physio.

Watch this space.

Recovery Run #3

Wasn’t sure whether or not to go out this morning as leg felt really tight, but predictably went anyway. Did three laps of Langdon Hill which at the time I felt was one too many, but I don’t seem to be suffering too much now. Not any more than usual that is. Wore the gadget, so I know that I jogged round 6.42 km at 5m 54s pace. Not that bad considering.

I think I’ll consider this my last recovery run which means I have to think of some new blog post titles. Seems daft to call it a recovery run when I don’t seem to be particularly recovering. Guess like everything else I seem to damage, it just takes time to heal. In the meantime I’m not prepared to sit around getting flabby. (My wrist still hurts when I put pressure on it. See January or whenever).

Ho hum. Out again on Friday; might try running up Stonebarrow Lane. Then off to Jersey for a week starting Saturday. Fully intend to get a couple of runs in while I’m there.