Whatever exercise you do, at some point you'll probably pick up an injury. I've been running on and off now for over 4 years and I think I've been relatively lucky as far as injuries go. But I've also been guilty of something I'm sure is really common - calling an injury a "niggle" and therefore carrying on, trying to "push through". Take it from me - it's never worked out well! I'm just recovering from a foot injury (I'm thinking it's a stress fracture, but that's just a guess). It started on Sunday 3rd June, and I know this because it was conveniently a week before Endure 24 (for those not "in the know", this is a 24 hour running event where solos, pairs or teams of runners run as many 5 mile circuits as they can in 24 hours). I was gutted. I didn't run the rest of that week, thinking that it might not be too bad and I'd be able to run on it. Silly me! I managed 2 walk-run laps on day 1 and walked a very sorry lap at 6am on day 2. Last year at Cotswold 24 Hour, I'd managed 7 x 9km laps, so I was more than a little disappointed. |
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