Prognosis Negative
Since the Gold Coast Marathon ....
The PCRG post GC cocktail party was so much fun. Its always a great night and gets better every year. Highlight of the night was being given the first ever Life Member award. What an honour, it totally blew me away. I was speechless .... I was without speech.
Pat & Tesso ... & trophy :)
Clairie, Pat, Tesso
No post GC party is complete without doing serviette head
At the end of July the Brisbane Running Buddies did the inaugural "Full Glenno Half Mary" - 10 pubs and 21.1k - to celebrate Glenno's birthday. Dressed in Jackie Howe blue singlets with home made race bibs we started at Dicey Rileys (Irish pub) at Garden City and ran back to The Regatta, via The Mt Gravatt, The Holland Park, the Stones Corner, The Norman, The Pineapple (giant steakburgers for lunch here), The Story Bridge, The Ship Inn and The Fox. I only downed three drinks, pretty wussy compared to some of the guys who had a beer at every pub.
Dicey Rileys - first stop
The Stone's Corner ... obviously a wee bit later
Since then I've been doing maybe 60 or 70k per week made up of the usual sessions, but with the hammy still making itself known haven't been pushing it 100%. I wasn't expecting much at all at C2S, just hoped to get under 75mins to stay in the A group, so was more than happy to cross the line in 66:30.
Re the hammy, the good news is it hasn't got any worse. The bad news is it hasn't got any better so the physio recommended I see a sports doc, which I did. He sent me for an MRI. The sports doc was away for a couple of weeks and I only just got to see him yesterday to get the results. Not good, there is actually a 2.5cm tear in a hamstring tendon.
He says I need to limit my running to 20k per week (no speed or hills) and get stuck into cross training to stay fit ie swimming and cycling. Water running is out as it will put too much pressure on the hammy. I think I'll actually take three or four (or more) weeks off running altogether and see if I notice the difference. I see the doc again mid October. He says if its not better in six months surgery may be necessary :(
Oh well, could be worse. Could be both legs. And if the doc hadn't have spent 10 days in China I would have got the result sooner and missed all the fun of C2S.
Mat & Tesso - how's the running style, no wonder I'm injured
The PCRG post GC cocktail party was so much fun. Its always a great night and gets better every year. Highlight of the night was being given the first ever Life Member award. What an honour, it totally blew me away. I was speechless .... I was without speech.
Pat & Tesso ... & trophy :)
Clairie, Pat, Tesso
No post GC party is complete without doing serviette headAt the end of July the Brisbane Running Buddies did the inaugural "Full Glenno Half Mary" - 10 pubs and 21.1k - to celebrate Glenno's birthday. Dressed in Jackie Howe blue singlets with home made race bibs we started at Dicey Rileys (Irish pub) at Garden City and ran back to The Regatta, via The Mt Gravatt, The Holland Park, the Stones Corner, The Norman, The Pineapple (giant steakburgers for lunch here), The Story Bridge, The Ship Inn and The Fox. I only downed three drinks, pretty wussy compared to some of the guys who had a beer at every pub.
Dicey Rileys - first stop
The Stone's Corner ... obviously a wee bit laterSince then I've been doing maybe 60 or 70k per week made up of the usual sessions, but with the hammy still making itself known haven't been pushing it 100%. I wasn't expecting much at all at C2S, just hoped to get under 75mins to stay in the A group, so was more than happy to cross the line in 66:30.
Re the hammy, the good news is it hasn't got any worse. The bad news is it hasn't got any better so the physio recommended I see a sports doc, which I did. He sent me for an MRI. The sports doc was away for a couple of weeks and I only just got to see him yesterday to get the results. Not good, there is actually a 2.5cm tear in a hamstring tendon.
He says I need to limit my running to 20k per week (no speed or hills) and get stuck into cross training to stay fit ie swimming and cycling. Water running is out as it will put too much pressure on the hammy. I think I'll actually take three or four (or more) weeks off running altogether and see if I notice the difference. I see the doc again mid October. He says if its not better in six months surgery may be necessary :(
Oh well, could be worse. Could be both legs. And if the doc hadn't have spent 10 days in China I would have got the result sooner and missed all the fun of C2S.
Mat & Tesso - how's the running style, no wonder I'm injured
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