Was repeating W7R3 yesterday early am, getting near the end and dreaming of finishing then wallop - hit the floor. Tripped on raised (4/5cms) bit of ground so mustn't have been lifting my legs high enough as so tired. Still on the ground I was scared to move in case anything was broken. Slowly moved bits & bobs of my body and to my relief, everything worked - just. Elbow and hand grazed and bleeding with grit & dirt mixed in. OW! Really hurt. Couldn't get the dirt out with soaking so lovely nurse at GP surgery did it by scrubbing and tweezering - OWWW!!! (& gave me a tetanus injection into the bargain). All bandaged up, bruised and sore all over today but SO relieved it wasn't worse and I hadn't broken a wrist, shoulder or ankle.
I'm glad you're mostly intact. As you say, it could have been worse.
Just a thought, but if you're worried about losing your fitness (unlikely in just a week or so), but running still hurts, you could do stuff at home that doesn't load the knees. Like lots of abs, hips and glutes work perhaps?
Yes - good idea, Mr D. Have dodgy knees anyway (arthritis and previous meniscus injury) so now's the time to strengthen the muscles around the knees, and the ankles and hips. Also need to try to run on grass rather than dirt track in future!!!
Cheers Jan. I'll set my alarm for the morning, but see how I feel.
Out of interest, as a grad, how often do you run these days?
Three times a week. Mon, Wed and Friday. Mostly do 30 mins.
Sometimes do a c25k+ run, sometimes a week9 with Laura, sometimes my own music and have started working on B210k again (got to 51 mins last year) before I got a frozen shoulder which put me on the ic.
I'm going to be 60 next month and graduated last month. So us 'oldies' are doing great. I also find the first 5-10 mins horrible ( but getting better 😳 I think). So empathise with you completely!! Let's just keep running 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ !!!
😄Im 57...😆 and in time that first 5 to 10 min problem does become easier.
We have invested too much to let things slide though haven't we.
Cheers Jan (lovely dog and garden, by the way)!!!
Injured during gait analysis! How stupid is that?