Injured while resting!

I think I am the only person in the world who can do this... Train for the Outlaw for 7 months and not even have a slight injury... to having a month off after the race and getting a trapped nerve in my neck while resting.

Since the Outlaw I have ran about 4 times, not really bothered about the times or distances just for general fitness. Then somehow, not while exercising, I have managed to trap the nerve in my neck. It's something I have done before, but before it has cleared up in a few days and I have been fine again. This time so far it has lasted 2 weeks.

So, now I'm itching to start training again I can't which is very frustrating. Hoping it will be fixed soon though after a few trips to the physio. The first two trips have helped a lot and found a lot of weakness in my back muscles on the left hand side.

So this means that my rematch with Wolverhampton marathon will have to wait for this year. I want to go back and redo Wolverhampton marathon as it was my first marathon back in 2008 and it broke me, I finished in a very disappointing 4 hours 50 minutes. So I currently have a vendetta against it... I will be back, and I will do it properly and get a good time.

I have toyed with the idea that lack of exercise has contributed to my injury. I guess it's possible, but now after these two tripped I think its more likely that the injury is caused by months and months of training. But I do think that in the future if I do an Ironman I will need to keep doing some exercise rather than stop completely.

The only other news I have about what I will be doing next is that I have Preregistered for the Outlaw 2013! This doesn't mean I have committed to the race, just that I have registered an interest in going back.

I still haven't decided if I will do it again next year, I do want to, but its another big commitment. That would basically start as soon as I'm fit enough to train again.

The proper registration for the Outlaw will open in September at some point, and I think it will sell out very quickly this year. So a decision will be made very soon.

Watch this space...!

£1000 raised and Outlaw Photos.



Well I haven't done much over the last few weeks, just resting and trying to get my brain into gear to train.

Finally completed and collected all my sponsorship forms and raised £1010 for Compton Hospice, which I am astonished at. Before I started I wanted to raise around £800, because that's what I had raised before. But people have given very generously, which I am very thankful of. So if you gave, and you re reading this. Thank you!

Photos

I have also finally uploaded the photos from the day below. 

 

Early Start

 

Out of the Water (trying to remember how to run/walk)

 

Only Photo on the bike (wish I had known so i could have been on the Tri bars)

   

Some point during the run, not sure how far in.

Looking a bit worse for wear!

Doesn't really show it here but I'm walking!

Finally crossing the finish line with my niece (stealing my limelight because she had seen other people finish with children!)

An Actual smile!

3 days later I had this done!