Once in a Lifetime....for now

Eh I think your world of logging is different to mine 🤣🤣🤣

Oh get over yourself 🙄 Simply happening to be in the company of someone when they aggravate an existing injury isn't something to feel responsible for 🤣

Thanks P. I think my days of running that loop are over. With the type of injuries I am repeatedly getting I have been 'strongly advised' to keep away from running on concrete as much as possible.

Yeah it's great to see you back. Now the rest of us have to work out how to keep you here! I have no doubt that a) will happen but you might just be a stubborn enough fooker to hang on to b) for a while yet. 🤣

😜 I'll bite...I think continued mentoring is what you meant!

Far too early to call it a comeback. I might consider it that when it's cleared up. For now I'm just glad to be able to lace up and plod any short distance at all...

Congrats on your recent stand out performances...top of the class 👍

Spoiler Alert....if woe are me type logs are not your thing now would be a good time to hit the back button 🤦‍♂️

December 18th: After my min on/off thingies a couple of days before I increased this to 90 secs/60 secs *10. Thankfully there was no reaction. Still the impingement but nothing to prevent a jog.

December 20th: Another little increase to 2 mins/ 1min of jog/walk. All good.

December 22nd: An increase to 3/1, still by 10. Went well again.

December 24th: I increased this to 4 mins/90 secs. All good most of the way but finished with a slightly disconcerting soreness on the very top of my left hip...a side that has never troubled me.

December 27th: Due to the hip soreness on the previous run I left 3 days between runs. I had no issues but after 6/7 reps I started to feel the hip again and this was shortly followed by a sharp pain in my right knee every time my foot hit the ground. Luckily there were no small children around or their little ears would have been offended by the string of profanities I shouted to nobody in particular 🤯

December 31st: I waited 4 days and by now I was not feeling the knee or hip in day to day activities. I headed up to the park but had to stop after 10 paces due to the knee. I have no words....

What's next? I haven't a fooking clue. Things are bad when something akin to a C25K plan is too much. It can't be caused by volume, it can't be a sudden increase in intensity ( I know each day was quite a large percentage increase on the previous but in the overall scheme of things it was a big percentage of a tiny number), it can't be pace. Perhaps unknown to myself I am making little changes to how I run to protect the original injury?

I think it's time to look outside the box. A friend of mine who hadn't run in a year due to a gluteal tendinopathy recently visited an osteopath and has resumed running with no ill effects. It is worth a try I guess. It's getting beyond frustrating that any PB I have is from 2018 even though I only really started running in 2017. I haven't had a prolonged spell of fitness since then.

So that's my end of 2021...aims for 2022 do not extend beyond being able to get out for a jog regularly.

I'd like to wish you all a happy and successful New Year and hope it brings you everything you wish for personally, in running and in life.

Thanks for that. You'll have to let me know how you get on. I'd try anything at this point in time.