2010, January: the road to Molly Malone's

[El Gordo]

This is all sounding very positive EG. So are you wearing the compression socks as you type??

I had a massage today after a hard week of 50 miles last week. One of my calves was very tight so I'm going to wear mine for a few days to get the blood flowing faster. Will also wear them on the plane on Saturday.

I am wearing them, yes, though I don't think the ones I have are right for me. I've lost some weight since I got them, so they're not quite as compressing as I think they are supposed to be. They fall down all the time, which I suspect isn't supposed to happen. On the other hand (so to speak) I am also wearing my heavy duty calf strap on the troublesome leg which I imagine is doing a similar job. I need to call into Sweatshop on Friday to pick up some gels, so will see if they have any compression gear that might help. I don't normally buy much stuff from Sweatshop but they have a sale on at the moment and have just taken an additional 10% off everything till Jan 31st so there may be a bargain or two going.

The ache is much less today. Still painful to stretch the calf but I can walk about reasonably normally. I'm certain I'll feel perfectly OK to start the race but am just wondering if it will hold up. I'll be very interested to hear what the biomechanics people say on Friday. I should have done it before now.