Afternoon Walk - 5km (yep, walking...)

dannewton just finished a 5.35km walk, that lasted for 78 minutes.
This walk helped dannewton burn 421.0 calories.

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Description from Strava:
Hey. So if you maybe noticed I've not done any running this week, then you'd be right. A flippin' injury has appeared from pretty much nowhere.

And I really do mean 'from nowhere'.

Let start at the beginning. I finished my Race nearly 4 weeks ago. It was 27 miles of sand and I was definitely suffering. I was tired, my legs felt lifeless, and I had aches and pains all over the place. Gradually though, over the next 2 weeks all that slowly disappeared. In my last week I managed two 6 mile runs completely pain free.

I then did the 9 mile run last weekend and I felt fine for almost all of that, except for the last mile. In the end of that mile I noticed a slight pain in my right calf, which has confused the hell out of me as in the preceding 4 weeks I have had ZERO problems or pain or any sort of discomfort in my calf.

I just thought it was a bit stiff due to the 'longer' run, but then on Sunday when I tried to walk up the stairs to the bedroom it suddenly felt REALLY painful. I wasn't able to push off it properly (ie if I stand on my right leg and try to extend onto tiptoes... I could barely do it). I could still walk ok, but any time I need to push off that foot was painful which basically rules out any active sport stuff.

Mondays walk

On Monday, I just went for a walk as I needed to get outside after being sat at the desk all day. I pretty much sulked the whole way round as I wasn't able to do what I wanted. Other than that outing, I've spent the rest of the week resting as much as I can, and hope that it settles down.

It is really annoying, as it only hurts if I do a certain movement. Sat down in the chair, it feels fine. Walking around the house, and walking a short way up the road to catch the bus, it feels completly normal.

Crossing the road quickly in a gap in the traffic with 4 steps of running however, and the pain appears again.

I've already had a telling off from @nickydee telling me to go see a physio straight away and get it looked at...and I dunno, it doesn't seem important enough to bother them? In the past if anything stopped working I just rested and waited for it to heal. This time round I haven't got that patience anymore, and I'm desperate to get back out there and get back into running.

the benefit of exercise isn't just the physical fitness, but it helps me to keep on top of other healthy habits. When I run regularly I eat better, I sleep better, I feel generally happier, and much more focused too. All of that has gone out of the window in the past week

I need to get this sorted ASAP!

I have found a local physio:

...and one of their treatment centers is a 20 minute walk from work so its easy to get to. The cost of £42 for that initial consultation was a shock, but I guess you pay for the wealth of knowledge/experience on offer. I have no idea how to solve this other than rest. And I think I need to found out:

1. is this just a muscle sprain/strain or something potentially worse?
2. are there exercises I can do can to speed up the recovery?
3. most importantly, when can I start running again?!

I'm going to see how the weekend goes, and if in the next 3 days there is no noticeable improvement, then I think I will see if I can book an appointment for next week.

In the mean time, I'm gonna do my best not to just sit around and sulk (and eat everything in sight)

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https://www.strava.com/activities/8926355440

About the Athlete: Living in the UK, I am an intermittent Runner, but always striving for more consistency. When I'm not training I can be found photographing insects or listening to really loud angry music (which is the best type of music obviously!)

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