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Yesterday I decided to go for a short cycle even though it was my rest day.
I was due to meet up with a friend of mine and then go to the gym, but since he cancelled it gave me the perfect excuse to spend more time in the gym.
After my long run on Sunday I was achy just below my knees at the top of the fibula, but it was only when I moved after sitting or standing for a long time. Other than that, no other part of me hurt, which again like last week I found strange!
I wanted to get rid of the lactic acid in the legs. I got to the gym in good time and decided to have a look at the classes that were on for that evening. A pilates class was on about 25 - 30 minutes after I had arrived.
I quickly jumped on the bike and managed just over 10 minutes of cycling, and then went to wait for the class to start. If I had known I was going to have to wait for another class to finish in the studio where the pilates class was taking place, then I would have cycled for longer.
I told the instructor about my injury, and the fact I had only been once before. I really enjoyed working on the core muscles. The 45 minute session flew by! He told me the core strength was important for marathon (which I already know) and he also mentioned that I had a very flat back which I found interesting! The class, at somepoint had to stand with one foot in front of the other touching which I found quite hard to balance, and also trying to balance on just the boney bit of the bum was quite hard. The ankle held up, through the session, but there were no movements bar one where he tried to get me to point my right foot more (obviously that wasn't going to happen!) where my ankle was really tested or pushed was was nice.
The more new things I do, and the more time I spend at my physiotherapists, the more I'm finding out my body is completely weird. Everything appears to be flat and elongated with a couple of joints pointing slightly in the wrong direction!
The ankle survived for another day! I'm meant to be going out for a 30 minute recovery run today, but I don't really feel like it, I don't have the time or the kit with me to run outside and I don't want to run on the treadmill. I'm hoping 30 minutes on the bike will be OK instead.
Tags: Virgin London Marathon, British Heart Foundation, Running, United Kingdom event, Injuries
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