Starting with the heel and then radiating up the achilles until the base of my foot stiffened.
The whole process took a week and by that time I was limping badly and in discomfort with every step.
This time the acupuncture, the electro shocks and the nonsense was out of the window. I knew I had to act fast to avoid my body over compromising and causing other issues (pelvic alignment etc..).
Last Friday I went back to the specialist who administered my second cortisone shot, 5 months almost to the day since the first.
I did't sleep most of the previous week as I anticipated the pain of the shot the first time round. Thankfully it was not as bad at all and I was pretty chilled.
Of course I knew that the worst was ahead of me as a week of transatlantic travel and walking between offices lay ahead of me.
Sure enough the pain the following day was bad and got worse over the next 2 days..then...mercifully things started to improve.
I rounded off the week with an intense sports massage to loosen things.
I have had to concede that my distance running days are behind me and for me to set my sights lower/shorter.
The specialist concurred and said that all is not doom and gloom and let's face it (as my daughter said), "this is not a terminal illness..get a life".
So it's time to thank everyone for following my exploits on the path to marathon glory.
2010 London, 4:14
2010 Loch Ness 3:37
2011 Brighton 3:33
2012 Edinburgh 3:35
2012 San Sebastian 3:27
2013 London 3:26
2013 Pisa 3:17
2014 Paris 3:11
2014 Loch Ness 3:16
The best of the best
- The elation at Loch Ness, marathon No 2 when I knocked nearly 30 minutes off my first time.
- San Sebastian after having 2 hours sleep I cracked 3:30
- Pisa in breaking 3:20, the day after family tragedy struck
- Paris - the 3:11 and Boston Qualifying achieved.
Time to focus on recovery and then maybe, just maybe a return to some shorter distances to tackle with gusto.
Au revoir.
