injury – snap snap, grin grin … say no more https://twyles.co.uk A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat. Sun, 10 Nov 2024 09:53:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://twyles.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pngegg-150x150.png injury – snap snap, grin grin … say no more https://twyles.co.uk 32 32 It’s just one thing after another https://twyles.co.uk/its-just-one-thing-after-another/ https://twyles.co.uk/its-just-one-thing-after-another/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 06:58:43 +0000 https://twyles.co.uk/?p=1526 How professional athletes or even those who are somewhat capable cope with not being able to train I’ll never know. Over the entire summer and autumn this year I was hit by one thing after another that mad any running or cycling extremely difficult to the point where I did no running and hardly any cycling.

I had Covid which although wasn’t as severe as previous bouts were seems to have left a long term feeling of sheer exhaustion and lethargy. Then my left ankle was been extremely painful after twisting it while walking the dog and wasn’t able to put much weight on it. Occasionally I still get a sharp pain when walking. Worst of all my sciatic nerve was playing up again which meant for a month or two I had severe pain down my left leg and lower back. Once the paint went I then had a couple of weeks where I wasn’t able to walk properly as I couldn’t roll my foot. I sounded like a duck when I was walking as I was flat-footing everywhere.

Thankfully they all seem to be resolved although I’m still feeling the effects of Covid somewhat. hopefully back on the bike soon at least.

]]> https://twyles.co.uk/its-just-one-thing-after-another/feed/ 0 Typical! https://twyles.co.uk/typical/ https://twyles.co.uk/typical/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2023 18:10:43 +0000 https://www.twyles.co.uk/?p=1233 Well that’s typical! I was about 6 km into my end of Week 3 12 km training run and felt a little niggle in my left calf. I decided to walk for a bit to see how it felt. After another km it felt OK so I starting joging again and then shortly after I felt a sharp twinge. Oops. I had the exact same thing once before but when running at a faster pace. Annoyingly I was feeling really good otherwise – and testing out my Salomon ADV Hydra Vest 4 vest with soft flasks for the first time. This was surprisingly comfortable despite being a snug fit.

There is clearly one benefit of starting a training program so early – time to accommodate injuries. So I’m going to let this recover and then at some point will get back to the plan, probably picking up Week 3 again from the top.On the plus side I can probably do a bit more cycling now, just in time for Zwift‘s Tour of Watopia event. Every cloud…

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