More Parkrun volunteering! I’m somewhat less at sea now that I’ve come to terms with my knee strain. Infact, I’ve forgotten how good it feels to run, so I don’t know what I’m missing anymore. I have a physio appointment in less than a week, so I’ll know when I can tentatively begin running again. It’s worth the wait, rather than rushing into and causing more injury...
That’s me in the kahki jacket. I was barcode scanning for the first time last weekend, and will be timekeeping again this coming weekend. Good luck everyone at the Forest Rec! :-)
A bit of radio silence on the running front due to the injury, but the good news is that I've begun an internship at @sysongallery this week and the current exhibition is quite fun. Worth a look (at SYSON)
Well done everyone at Forest Rec #Parkrun this morning! I was on token support and everything seemed to go smoothly, plus it didn't rain! Good weather for plenty of PBs (at Forest Recreation Ground)
Day out to Wollaton Hall to scout the Easter 10k route, and walked one lap of it. I don't think I'm going to be fit for the race but at least I know the course now to complete when my knee is better. Lots of deer and we even had a picnic!
I’ve just had the weekly Nottingham Women Runners newsletter delivered to my inbox, and I thought this advice was practical and fun, so here’s NWR’s Top 10 Summer Tips:
If you run at Colwick in the evening, be prepared to swallow a LOT of flies...
… and if you don’t wear shades, you will be fishing them out of your eyes as well.
Wear shorts.  No-one is looking at your legs, trust us.  Once you’re out and running, your legs will feel brilliant.  Cycling shorts under running shorts if you want a bit of extra coverage… but try shorts. They’re ace!
Run first thing in the morning for cool, fresh, sparkly running.
Run in the middle of the day to overheat and end up with sweat stinging your eyes (it REALLY hurts!)
Run in the evening and be surprised that it hasn’t cooled down as much as you thought.  And did I mention the whole fly situation?!?!
Go off-road. Â The lighter evenings mean that you can explore pathways and bits of countryside that have been too dark to enjoy. Â Take advantage of the light and get on those trails!
Don’t forget the sunblock! Even if it’s a bit overcast, if you’re out and about running for an hour or so, then you could end up wearing that tomato-burnt look if you’re not careful!
Vaseline for chafing.  Less clothes or smaller clothes = more chance of the chafe.  If you don’t want to endup weeping like a child and walking like John Wayne, then vaseline or BodyGlide will make life much nicer.
ENJOY!  Running in the sunshine is what you’ve earned after all those dark, wet, dreary, dismal, windy, cold, sleety, foggy, dank (can you tell I love the Winter?!) months.  Just don’t swallow too many flies!!!
I'm supporting Amnesty International UK and they've been great right from the day I created my @justgiving page! They immediately got in touch and posted me a fundraising pack with tips and inspiration, and added me to their Facebook community. I got the book out the library - that wasn't included in the pack but it looks like it could come in handy.
A training update, and the situation is this. Last week I felt something go in my knee, which carries an old ligament injury, so niggles are to be expected. I’d been playing it down, but a week on it isn’t much better.
Yesterday I tried using a stationary exercise bike. I’m getting cabin fever resting up and I need to maintain the level of fitness I’ve already achieved, so my goal was to just do thirty minutes of exercise. Boy, am I regretting it today. My knee is unhappy, and I’m back to square one in the recovery process. So the lesson here is to be patient.
I’m getting advice from the doctor this Friday. I know they can’t magically fix my knee, but I’d like to know how long it’ll take to recover and what I can do to help. The Easter 10k is in less than two weeks, and the thought is already hovering in my mind that I won’t be able to run it. It would’ve been my first 10k race, and I was hoping to plan a little fundraising sweepstake to go with it. Will I be allowed to walk the race? Will I want to?
This is all a massive learning curve, and I should take this experience away as a positive to help shape and motivate my future training. If anyone else has an injury that they’re not sure about, I recommend getting it checked out ASAP and if you’re a beginner, listen to all the books that tell you not to go out and do too much too soon. Your muscles heal and get stronger faster than your ligaments and tendons, so I was going out feeling like a superhero knowing I could run much further each week, but that was the wrong thing to do. Pace yourself!
Great selection of women’s sport available on BBC iPlayer this week:
Women’s Six Nations: England vs. France
Women’s Road Cycling World Cup
Girls Get Inspired
UEFA Women’s Champion’s League
Women’s Indian Wells Tennis Final
A bit of a dodgy knee this week, so I volunteered as timekeeper at Forest Rec #Parkrun - quite cold but lots of runners, and I didn't mess up the times!
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