It's been a while since my last post. What has happened?
Well, I took a week off running after my ankle flare up last month and then decided to follow a recovery schedule to get back up to full strength. I'm currently in week 3 of a four week schedule and so far so good.
If I want to run the Chester marathon this year in October I need to start training in early June. That gives me about a month after finishing the recovery schedule to get my ankle up to strength such that it can cope with runs of more than an hour at least. It may mean that I won't be able to run as fast as I would like but I'd rather that than run too fast and hurt my ankle again.
It's been about 4 months since my ankle started hurting and it's incredibly frustrating. Everything else is fine. Maybe my age is telling me to slow down. Perhaps I should start listening!
I'm going to a wedding in Chester this weekend so I hope to go out for a couple of decent runs (4 or 5 miles) along the canals and country lanes around there. It always makes for a nice change of scenery.
The weather has been kind so far this year, I've been wearing my running vests since the start of April. Normally they don't come out of the drawer until May. Hopefully this is the sign of a good summer to come!
Not much more to catch up on. With luck by the next time I post I'll be almost back to fighting fitness.
