Nearly four months ago, I was struck with some shin pain. I had been feeling it for the last two weeks, but I had made myself push through because I had just had some of my best cross country races of my life. I was hoping this good form would continue and I was worried some time off would damage my fitness. The pain started just before nationals but I managed to make it to the race, because I had been looking forward to it all year... however this is where more problems started to arise. I had a pretty shocking race at Nationals and as I was running around the course, nothing in my body hurt, my legs just felt dead. However the following day I couldn't walk up the stairs because of my hip flexors. I didn't know at the time, but they just felt really tight are were very very sore. At the same time my shin was also still sore... I mean I couldn't even touch it, without serious pain. I don't know whether I had a bad race because actually my body was falling apart and the adrenaline was hiding the pain or I just had a bad race. Two weeks later I had inter counties, a race I had worked so hard to qualify for at Kent Champs (blog post here). I will say this now... I should NEVER have raced inter counties! My body was not up for it. This was a race I had been so excited for and instead it turned into a race, I hated every second of. The expression on my face in the photos say a thousand words, because at the time, I wanted to be anywhere but that field in Loughborough. Yes this may sound negative, but its the truth. The pain I was in and the lack of running I had done the previous few weeks (because of my injuries), just made me feel pretty rubbish! Again this was another horrific race. However this time when I crossed the line, I discovered yet another pain... this time in my foot. Right so for any of you losing track, yes... I currently have three injuries at this point. My shin, my hip flexors and my foot. So on 17th March, I find myself in Leeds at the English Schools. Right now, you are reading the perfect example of what not to do when you are injured. Again my stubbornness, stopped me from withdrawing from the English Schools... why? Well this was my first and last opportunity to race at the English Schools and was not something I was going to give up lightly. This race wasn't actually too bad... I mean I would have liked a lot more from it but I'll take my result with a bit of a smile (you can read the blog post here).
... Next week, I'll be posting part 2 of this blog, where you'll get to find out more about my injury journey and where I am now. G x
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HelloI'm Grace, a 18 year old runner, and fitness fanatic. Join me on my crazy journey through life, squeezing in an adventure in every second of spare time I have. Archives
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