Week 9 run 1 to week 3 run 1 in 2 months!

[Mac-1]

Posted 3 months ago about an ankle injury. Turned out to be peroneal tendonitis. Listen to your ankle folks - I didn’t!! If I had stopped running when it started to hurt my rehab time would have been a lot shorter. Hoping to speed through the program a bit quicker this time. I found week 3 run 1 relatively easy but don’t want to over do it. Anyone else out there with experience of comebacks?

[Sadie-runs Graduate]

Ah, thanks for sharing this - so true. You “ignore” pain, the chances are you will increase your time on the injury couch. 😱 Sorry to hear this happened to you - but very glad you are recovered and back in the programme. I am a firm believer that we learn so much from injury, so in a way, hard as it is, it is not in vain.

I have comeback from so many injuries in my almost 3 years of running that I have started to refer to myself as the Comeback Kid! I am pretty philosophical about my injuries now - but of course I hate not running. But, each injury has highlighted to me a weakness in my body, and prompted me to work on that 👍. For example, I pulled a calf muscle shortly after I graduated, but once I recovered from that I embarked upon a routine of calf strengthening exercises. Calfs have been perfect since! Had some issues with my right hip in the last year, so focussed on strengthening my glutes - and that has cured all manner of niggles and made me a stronger runner. So, every injury is a lesson to make me a stronger runner!

Hope all goes well on C25K part deux! All the best to you. 👏👏👏

[Mac-1 Graduate in reply to Sadie-runs]

You make a good point about working on weak areas. Will look up some ankle strengthening exercises.