Scrolling through my Face Book feed and doing my best to soak up some of the excitement and atmosphere from the recently completed Noosa Triathlon. Though the race is over, the atmosphere is just beginning to escalate. From the numerous posts I can see several PBs were achieved, goals realised, a little gravel rash due to some wet roads and at least one who pushed their boundaries to complete the run course even though injury prevented him from racing today. Amazing work every one, hopefully next year I won't have to rely on electronic means to share in the fun!
Reading about all of today's success leads me to thinking about my next dance. In the latest newsletter from Shepparton 70.3 it was announced that they will be handing out coloured wrist bands on the run course. There will be three bands, each of a different colour to signify the completion of all three laps. It might sound fickle, but I am really looking forward to collecting my set. This time, two weeks from now I'll either be celebrating or ...
I guess time will tell.
In other news, there is a fun run I was planning on entering as part of the Movember fundraising this year. The Melbourne edition of the "Running of the Mo's" is the City2Surf and it's set for next Sunday. As I was completing my entry during the week I got to the section about expected run times where they delegate the wave starts. As I scrolled down the list of options I noted that, following the elite and preferred runner's starts was a group that required validation to enter. What's more, the time to beat to be eligible for this group even appeared achievable. 75 minutes for 14km, I'd done that once before during the Run4Kids a couple of years ago. And the qualification times listed for the half and full marathon distances were ones I had recently broken as well. Since none of my previous times were on their systems I had to send links to my official results and fill out a form to be granted access to the Red group. It was on Friday that I received my invitation to take a spot in the faster runners' wave start. Mixed emotions, proud to have earned my spot, worried that I may not be able to run on the day...
It seems that I have picked up a little niggle in my calf. As per usual, my injury has not come from some epic sporting achievement that would make for a great story, but instead, whilst doing the cool-down from an easy recovery run. (my last injury came from watching television...)
During the run my left calf began to tighten up, it's done this before and I can generally run through it. Thursday night was different though. On the home stretch, my calf finally seized up and my run was over.
Been here before though, a few days of recovery, compression, plenty of stretching and rolling and I should be right to hit the track again. Last time I suffered a calf strain my first tentative run after a week proved a complete recovery of the injured leg, however, the other calf went out instead. This time, I am focussing on not favouring my good leg to prevent a little deja vu.
Currently my leg is feeling pretty good and I am walking freely without much discomfort. I don't think my stride is being effected and it has given me no problems during cycling (I had been worried so my long ride this weekend was moved to the garage windtrainer so I didn't get stuck out on the road somewhere far from home) The plan is to reassess is a day or two to see if I need any treatment on it, and secondarily, whether I can run on it by Sunday. As much as I'd like to show my support for Movember and take the wave start I've earned, there is a little loop of coloured silicone that I mean to make my own, and that's waiting for me after around 110km of racing.
As it stands now, I'm not sure whether I'll do the run next weekend, and if I do, whether you'd find me in the Red Zone at the start line..
I guess time (and a pinch of common sense) will tell...
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