Today marks 5 months since I declared myself an injured runner on the 18th October 2020 following the completion of the Virtual New York City Marathon. That statement alone tells you that I waited until completing a marathon before saying enough was enough. In fact, I had the pain at the end of August and continued to train as it “didn’t feel that bad”, I … Continue reading INJURY UPDATE – 5 MONTHS ON
KNEE TENDONITIS UPDATE: Today brings up the 2 month mark since the last time I was able to run. 61 days without being able to run! Just typing that out makes me feel sad. In case you missed my ANOTHER INJURY post, the short of it is, I have tendonitis in my left knee. It has been a difficult 2 months trying to adapt to … Continue reading INJURY & COVID UPDATE
With so much of the 2020 race plan cancelled or postponed, I am starting to look at my plans for 2021 as I do not see much chance of the postponed races going ahead in 2020. Where I have been given the option, I have deferred entries over to 2021 to give more time for things to a more normal. My thinking is, I cannot … Continue reading PLANNING FOR 2021
It has been one month since I received the e-mail advising that the Boston Marathon had been postponed to September. In that time I have had most of my planned races for 2020 either postponed or cancelled. Postponed: Manchester Marathon B.A.A. 5k Boston Marathon Ironman 70.3 Mallorca Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire Cancelled: Tour of Tameside Ironman Ireland Ironman UK During those first few weeks, motivated took … Continue reading IT’S BEEN A MINUTE
The Cheshire Runner. 