Running the Mossdale track..... |
It started off well enough last Friday, the occasion of my 79th birthday (God, have I been around that long?) when my wonderful partner and I went for a six mile run to Appletreewick and back to mark the occasion. I felt fine, energetic enough to turn the run into a fartlek session with lots of fast bursts and short uphill sprints. I was even beginning to think it was time to get back onto the track. Next year I'll be moving into the MV80 category and I'd like to have a go at the British 800m record if I can maintain my fitness. Evening was a social affair at our local hostelry, the Clarendon, where I was treated to a mouth-watering rib-eye steak and a wee drop of the hard stuff, MacAllan malt whisky, two of my favourite luxuries.
Mountain pansies |
By Sunday morning the ache had evolved into a pain as I made my way around Grimwith reservoir with a very pronounced limp. Running was out of the question. Time for rest, a bag of frozen peas and elevation. I was not a happy bunny though I was hopping - hopping mad!
...and where I'd like to be running |
I was expecting to come away with a prescription for powerful anti-biotics but instead I was given a little tube into which I was asked to provide a 'sample' for analysis, or culture, at our local Path Lab. So, it will be another six days before we get the results by which time I'll probably have flushed myself down the loo!
So, in the great scheme of things, did mother nature give me a nasty bowel infection to prevent me running until my calf muscle heals, or did she give me a painful limp to stop my gallop until all the nasty little tummy bugs have been well and truly zapped? Answers on an e-card please!
Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteHope your calf is better soon and you are back running .... and not to the loo!
You are an inspiration to us all !!
ReplyDeletehope the calf calms down - rest, ice, elevation, rest and rest - that'll see it off.
all the best
martin
Brilliant to hear you're running fartlek sessions at 79 - you're inspiring us all.
ReplyDeleteAmusing to learn that the answer to the question 'When will we ever learn?' when it comes to trying to 'run off' an injury is not, it seems, until we're at least in our ninth decade!
Wishing you well, RF, with the tummy bug and calf tweak. Hopefully resolving one will give you time to resolve the other.