After narrowly missing out on a
cold at half term I've now succumbed to an injury, barely a year after my last
one that is one again preventing me from running without enduring serious pain in my foot. I have
no idea what I did other than it was sometime just over a week ago now. In fairness I
have had a 'good run' this year where I have been able to run consistently and
build my mileage base. Best I can hope for now after is a swift recovery to allow me sufficient time to start running again in
preparation for the Yeovil half marathon in March next year.
In terms of the injury itself, I
think it's just some inflammation on the bottom of my foot or to a tendon
although nothing is showing at present. Although I ran that day it was pretty
uneventful and my new shoes have finally worn in so I don’t think it
was running related at this stage. It is more likely to have occurred
during some spring cleaning at home where I probably manipulated my foot into an
unnatural position which may have resulting in stretching the foot too far
during some protracted cleaning activity. The pain builds as I walk to the
point that I have to take the weight off to relieve the pressure/pain. It also
feels that a hard lump forms under my foot which further adds to the discomfort. Thankfully
walking on the front portion of my foot offers some relief at the moment and
driving is relatively painless and unfortunately fortunately as my work
is desk based it isn't stopping me from doing that!
I think in the interim I certainly
need to be careful in what I eat as I do not want to undo all the good I've done
this year in getting my weight down. This may prove more difficult though what
with the silly season coming up as I already have 3 Christmas lunches planned in
addition to my leaving meal at the end of this month as I transition to a new job. At least when I do return to running I will have some new running routes
to try out due to my upcoming new job; my first new job
in over 11 years!
