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Murderous March
A veeeeeery slow 5km this evening. Took this ultra-mega-supremely slow due to shin splints, which continue to dog me despite much physio*, including a special taping arrangement to counter the over-pronation of my right foot.
It seems strange to suddenly be struggling with trifling distances such as 5km (albeit due to injury) when others here at RC are full-bottle into their long runs prior to the season's marathons. Still, that's the way it is and there's nothing to be done about it except struggle on through.
The good news is that my troublesome left knee and dubious achilles have not given me any trouble for some time now (touch wood). So hopefully it's a case of getting through this shin problem and I can then get stuck into a serious training program. For now however, it's slow, but steady persistence. And if that doesn't work, it looks very much like it's going to be a trip for me to the podiatrist for [gulp] prescription orthotics [/gulp]. For some reason, that fills me with dread. Silly really, because it might just be the answer to my problem. Oh well, we shall see, dear viewer, we shall see.
MLC Man.
P.S. The good 'ot curry did indeed put an end to
the miserable head cold I had the other day. An
efficacious and recommended medication, that is.
*from the lovely, but evil Rebecca.
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Murderous March
