Injury! and only 3 weeks to go22 Mar
I am hobbling a bit! Not good with only weeks to go to Namibia. I did a 5 hour session yesterday and in the end of it the tendence on the top of my foot hurts. Nothing bad, but not good with so little time left to the first race.
I had this type of injury before. 12 months ago when I trained for Namibia last year I got this every time I passed 3 hours. This year I have been doing less running, but more combined running and cycling. I think yesterday when I did 65km cycling and 26 km running I pushed it a bit too far. Even though cycling is low impact, over time it does put a strain on your feet. This together with the fact that the 26km yesterday was around Box Hill in Surrey left my foot in a bad way. Box Hill is a tough 13km loop with the first half having small up and downs, and then the end of each lap is a massive climb.
I was going to start to taper (slow down) after this weekend anyhow, so I will just have to start to do that one day early.
It wont stop me from getting on the bike and go up to Hamstead and maybe enjoy the sun and a game of Tennis with Martin S. but I will definitely take it a bit easy.
Onwards and upwards, bring on Namibia, with a slightly injured foot or not!
