The week so far has been a mixed bag. Last week finished well with all scheduled runs completed.....apart from Sundays long run. 4 miles. I unfortunatley had a birthday on Friday, which following a slightly over zealous celebration on Friday evening/Saturday Morning which left me partially incapacited both mentally and physically. I did think there was a less than acceptable probablity that I may require a crash team and trolley to accompany me if I attempted excercise in that state. So I postponed the long run until Monday which was supposed to be a rest day.
I completed, the route, again flat and pretty non descript and finished strongly with a 9 minute mile which for me is a small miracle. Bang on 4 miles thanks to the Garmin.
I did however start to get a niggle in my left knee which was one of the reasons I stpeed training in the past. To put you in the picture, I have some dodgy legs folowing some injuries sustained over the years. They include fractured pelvis, hip, femur, fibula, tibia and a full blown compartment sysndrome requiring a fasciotomy in the good leg! Anyway, all this culminated in 22 operations, 20 titanium screws, 4 fixing plates, a femural IM nailing and tibial IM nailing, plus a whole load of fasciotomy related procedures. If you dont know what a fasciotomy is then if you're not too squeemish check it out on Google. Anyway suffice to say it really hurts and has left me with a load of nerve damage to my left leg and foot, and also badly aligned right hip where the natural alignment of my right leg is totally wonky! None of this is usually an issue but means I run and walk with a less than normal gait, which tends to lead to injury as I compensate and try to run normally.
Anyway, enough moaning, here's the garmin download of Mondays run. All done and dusted, and a partial victory over the stick man.
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