2018

[marathondan]

Still resting the heel. Nearly 6 weeks since my last run. I think the rest is working. The test is to prod it really hard, in just the right spot. It seems a lot less tender than before. So will stick with the rest and just have to wave goodbye to a lot of the fitness I'd built up. Such is life.

Lessons learned:
1. Injuries are not big achy muscle things, the are insidious little niggles that creep up on you and suddenly refuse to go away.
2. Get off the road, stay on the grass.

Both of which I should really know at my age, but you're never too old to (re)learn.

So yes, will probably resist the urge to run till the end of the month. Then for me April is the new November, i.e. marathon warmup month. Training proper begins late May for the September marathon. Obviously a few poultry being enumerated there during incubation, but one has to assume Plan A will go ahead until the facts say otherwise.