From the start of the training schedule, I'd always known that the longest mid-week run would be last week's 10 miler. In fact, last week was pretty tough all round, 20 miles on Sunday, followed by 4, 7 and 10 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I ran the 4 and 7 miles at lunchtimes at work, but there's no way I could have fitted in 10, so I chose to run home.
I cycled my wife's bike into work and she came and met me to cycle alongside me on my run home, which is pretty much bang on 10 miles. About 1.5 miles in, I could feel my achilles tendon starting to play up. I stopped, stetched it out and continued on to finish the 10 miles. One thing I've been grateful for in my training is that I've not yet hit an injury to completely put me out of action, but I've had my fair share of niggles. In fact, if you listed off the top 5 running injuries, I've had a taster for them all.
I'm conscious that many, preparing for their first marathon, injure themselves out of the race, or have to walk it. So I'm probably just a little paranoid, especially when you hear how long achilles tendinitis can put you out of action. So I'm resting it. Not entirely, but for the first time in my training, I pulled out of my long Sunday run and jogged a gentle 5k instead. I can still feel the tendon, so I'm going to let the inflammation subside and start out on it again on Tuesday.
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