Progress?

It has been six weeks since my hamstring injury, and my butt still isn't right. Having said that, I thought I'd give an update as to where I am with it.

I had a few sessions of physio with Summit Physio at Wrightington country club, each of which was very very painful. I've been doing stretches and strengthening exercises religiously. Up until today, I've run 51.3km in total, albeit very slowly. On top of this, LAA and I have done a 10k walk each Monday when we are off together, going for a nice lunch each time. It's been really nice to enjoy some good walks and some good food together, since we are so busy the rest of the week. We also did a bit of cycling, including the Guild Wheel, as well as a mad dash home when Ben broke his wrist.

I've avoided any Board session, as well as the fingerboard. Climbing will have to wait until after the UTLD 100.

We have also had a clear out of girls' clothes- loads of nice, new, expensive, and often unworn clothes. Some of it has been thrown out, but most has been donated to people with young girls who will actually get some use out of it all. We must have cleared out thousands of pounds worth. Amazing.

Today was the Howgills Trail 26. Andrew and I drove up this morning, a little nervous since neither of us have trained anywhere near what we did last year, and my broken buttock made me nervous.  I remembered a lot of this course from last year, certainly not my favourite 26.  Toad-al Ben Stool. 

This time the 7.5k slog to the summit of the Calf felt Ok. The descent from here was a bit dull, but being technical underfoot didn't allow any respite. We went slightly wrong where a marker had clearly fallen over, but having done it before kept us on the right track. We hit the first checkpoint at 3:30 in. This left 20k, and my lack of training in the last six weeks showed. In the end, I sent Andrew off with 9k to go to chase a time, whilst I plodded at 8 minute/km pace. From the watch I finished over 6hrs 30, which was my target. However, any disappointment at not hitting the mark is alleviated by the fact I should be OK for next weekend. No details yet, I don't want to jinx proceedings.

Anyway, good day out- thanks Andrew.