Actual Injury!!!

Hmph! Grump! and Harumph! 


I managed to fall down 6 steps of a staircase at slimming world on Monday night and now have an actual injury! I am very, very lucky that it is not a lot worse as I face planted on my left hand side with quite a bang. I am quite bruised and battered, taken a chunk out of my lip (thank good I didn't break a tooth) and have sprained my wrist and probably broken a very small bone in my hand. 


No running for me all the time the splint is on my wrist, I am gutted. Everyone has made the obligatory jokes about how running and being healthy are obviously not good for me. Hurt my knee running and injure myself at slimming world... maybe I should say on the sofa, eat chocolate and just be safe and happy! Never...Ever... Ever gonna happen!!! 


I have a review appointment at the hospital in 8 days time to see how everything is progressing. I really, really hope it heals quicker than that. Not running is really annoying me! As is only having the use of one hand... I cannot put my hair up myself, type properly, put my contact lenses in. It makes me appreciate how easy some aspects of my life really are! 


xXx

Injury Scare!

Ok, so it's a cliche... a runner with a knee injury! And, after the Marwell 10, that is what I thought I was. From the first km I had a pain in the outer side of my right knee and by 3k this pain was shooting up my thigh to my hip. It was very unpleasant but I knew that I could get round. Being a very hilly course didn't help and there were moments going up hills that I thought my leg was going to give way, but it didn't. I finished, and then started worrying about the damage possibly done!


The benefits of being a member of a running club are many and one is access to specialists. Lucky for me, two of our club members are expert sport masseurs. I was pointed in their direction by the girls that had been at Marwell with me and had my first session last night. Within seconds they had diagnosed me, within minutes they had done the tests to confirm their diagnosis and gave me some very good news. I don't have an injury... I have the symptoms of an injury but it has been caught early and can be sorted quite easily with further sessions and some daily targeted stretches! It also won't stop me running and I can be back at training tomorrow! Woop Woop! 

Race 5 of 13 - Marwell 10

Another 3 minutes of my time! PB finally under one hour...

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Race 5 this weekend

This sunday is the Marwell 10k and I am looking forward to this race. It is very "undulating" and quite a hard course but it is also a beautiful course with lovely countryside. The course has changed since I ran it back in 2009 and now the first 1km is actually through the park itself. This does not bode well for a pb as we run past the tigers, who are my favourites! My mantra must be "do not stop for tigers, do not stop for tigers, do not stop for tigers".


I will let you know how I get on xXx

Updated race schedule...

This is what the current fundraising schedule of races looks like. I still have one more race to find and enter which will push my total miles over the 100 mile target. 

05/02/12 Chichester 10k = Done

26/02/12 Winchester 10k = Done

10/03/12 New Forest 5k = Cancelled
11/03/12 David Lloyd 5k = Cancelled

01/04/12 Bournemouth Bay = Done

13/05/12 Alton 10 miles = Done
20/05/12 Marwell 10k = Entered

10/06/12 D Day 10k = Entered

13/06/12 Hayling Billy= Awaiting entry

16/09/12 Farnham Half = Entered

14/10/12 Chichester Half = Entered

28/10/12 The Great South = Entered

15/12/12 Brufut Half Marathon = Awaiting entry

First 10 mile race done! :0)

Yesterday I completed the Alton 10 mile road race! This was only the second time I'd run over 7.5 miles so I was really nervous before the start. This was obvious because I was very, very quiet!


I am pleased to report that I enjoyed every minute of the run, until about 9.5 miles when it just seemed to get very, very hard. I think battling those hills and finding that we still had one more incline to go was a bit of a moral crusher. 


If you'd have told me last year that by May I would be able to run, and I did run the whole course!, 10 miles I would have told you you were mad. I never thought I would get to a place where I would like running, let alone be any good at it so I am pleasantly surprised. I do like it and I am getting a bit better at it. 


Being part of a running club helps, and finding someone who you can run with can have a huge impact. It definitely does for me as I find I do things that, were I by myself, I wouldn't even try. 


I have now entered two half marathons in the country and the Gambia half marathon date and entry has been released so I will be finishing this first fund raising challenge on Saturday 15th December.... then it is on to the next challenge! 

Race 4 of 13 for The Bantaba Charity....

Race details for my 4th charity fund raising race. Very hilly course and after a week off in New York I am very pleased with my time

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Back from the Big Apple!!!

Ok, so I haven't been writing much lately which totally goes against my vow to keep you all updated but I do have a good excuse - I was in New York! And maybe I could have written whilst I was out there but to be honest, I didn't have time... or a lot of wifi access!


It was a truly amazing trip - very, very different to The Gambia as you would expect and although I did have a few pangs of guilt that maybe I shouldn't be spending all this money on a holiday when there is so much to be done for the school and the Bantaba project, I got over them. As my friends said, you can't deny yourself every pleasure in life and it does help everyone in the end as everyone needs a break and I do feel completely re charged - or I will as soon as the jet lag wears off! 


I went for a week with my best friend, Miss A, and we had the best time. We didn't manage to do everything but we certainly did a lot. I'd forgotten just how much I love the city and it was nice to be reminded. It is certainly one place everyone should go in their lifetime. It is electric. Some of my favourite things included:
- The circleline boat tour.
- Brunch at Max Brenners on Broadway (Chocolate by the bald guy).
- The top of the rock during the day.
- Going up the Empire State (all the way to the 102nd floor) and watching the sunset and the lights of the city come on.
- Rare View rooftop cocktail bar with a view of the Empire State.
- The Flatiron building.
- The way all the big stores can't wait to give you a visitors discount!
... I could go on and on but you get the idea! 


Now, back to reality...and running! xXx