Training Resumes!

God, I had a quick look this morning to see when I last made an entry into this blog and was surprised to see that it was almost a month ago. So apologies to those of you who are sad enough to read my site but I thought I'd let you know that I am still alive!

I've manged very little by way of training since my last outing on the Nick Beer. Unfortunately, in the four weeks since I have severely paid for my vanity and wanting to compete in it for no reason other than to say I'd done it for the first time. Ive spent many hours on the therapists' couch and many hundreds of pounds to pay for the therapy. My injury really had become very protracted and I began to think that I was going to be away from the sport for a good long while. Neale will tell you that I've even considered giving up the competition side of my running and instead concentrate on maintaining fitness only. I had a very hard couple of weeks justifying the pain but Neale has kept on at me saying that it is to be expected at this level and that everything would be okay.

However, I listen to no-one and I needed to be convinced. After I had announced my pending retirement from competition to Neale, I came into the office one day quite late to find all of my trophies, medals and photo's for the 2007 season on my desk. Pride of place was a picture of me in my first Welsh vest, strategically placed for me to see. I really didn't care, but it was quite obvious that Neale wasn't going to give up without a fight.

I decided on a couple of shorter runs this past week in an attempt to get me back into the frame with my training. It was immediately obvious to me that it had been a long time since I had been out training seriously. Neale and I had managed a couple of shorter runs but nothing as per I would normally. My injury seems significantly better but I can still feel it at the beginning and end of every session. I can't wait to get back out with North Wales road Runners though as I haven't been out at all with them this year!

So, fingers crossed for the time being, I am going to continue to take a slow methodical road to recovery and have decided to make the Chirk 10k my first race following my enforced sabbatical.