Things are not looking too good.
This calf injury hasn’t evaporated as quickly as last week I thought it might. It’s no worse either, but it isn’t going away.
To make things worse, this enforced sloth has led to tighter trousers syndrome, so even if the injury vanished tomorrow, there would have to be a period of readjustment to get a few pounds off and increase my basic fitness. In short, Dublin in October is beginning to recede, the closer it gets.
Am I officially pulling out of the Dublin marathon? No, not yet. Miracles occasionally happen, I’m assured. QPR fans rarely experience them however, so I’m not too hopeful.
At least I haven’t parted with any cash yet for Dublin, though I have for the Bristol Half, the GNR and the GSR. My best hope must be to try to get back to a position of being able to run at least one or two of these events, and see if Dublin manages to rematerialise in the process.
It’s not a disaster. As a reason for anxiety, I have some much juicier candidates lined up. Injuries happen, plans change. If I can get back to running within a week or two, and manage to take part in some of these autumn events, I can always hope to do a marathon later in the year, or hold off for a really well-planned London in April 2004.
The Havana Half, incidentally, is officially not on my schedule any more. We’d planned to be in Cuba later this year, but couldn’t find what we wanted for the dates we have available. So Cuba will now happen in June 2004 (flights already booked), leaving a couple of weeks in November or December this year to fill. Russia is still a possibility, but November seems like a good time to seek out some sunshine. Eilat’s been mentioned, but if finances permit, top of the list are South Africa and Rajasthan. Though as just about to embark on a Spanish class, perhaps Spain or South America might gather in appeal as time goes on.
I did notice there’s a marathon in Mexico at the end of November…
