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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
24 October 2006 - Swollen leg
Four days from the big day and the lower part of my right leg is swollen. 'Nurse' Clare measured the swelling around my right ankle to be 2cm larger than my left. I ran for a couple of hours on Sunday and that seemed to be the cause, though I was aware of problems starting after a race on Saturday morning.
However, apart from the swelling and some restriction in movement, there's no pain at least. In fact the original ankle injury wasn't apparent at all on either Saturday or Sunday. So, I am feeling optimistic that there is a good chance that the swelling will have gone down sufficiently by Saturday morning for me to have a go at the event.
The swelling is inconvenient, but the weekend's races were both positive from a running perspective. On Saturday I had a win on the green course at River's Wood, and on Sunday I ran comfortably for two hours (though admittedly finished towards the bottom of the field). On Sunday it rained torrentially for the entire two hours. If it is like that on Saturday along the cliff-tops it will be awful. The current 5-day forecast is predicting light rain, but this far out, it's usually wrong..
Having had over 6 months of build-up, I have to admit that it will be great when it's all over :)
However, apart from the swelling and some restriction in movement, there's no pain at least. In fact the original ankle injury wasn't apparent at all on either Saturday or Sunday. So, I am feeling optimistic that there is a good chance that the swelling will have gone down sufficiently by Saturday morning for me to have a go at the event.
The swelling is inconvenient, but the weekend's races were both positive from a running perspective. On Saturday I had a win on the green course at River's Wood, and on Sunday I ran comfortably for two hours (though admittedly finished towards the bottom of the field). On Sunday it rained torrentially for the entire two hours. If it is like that on Saturday along the cliff-tops it will be awful. The current 5-day forecast is predicting light rain, but this far out, it's usually wrong..
Having had over 6 months of build-up, I have to admit that it will be great when it's all over :)
posted by Off The Fence Trust @ 10:26 AM
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