Sitting here on a brisk (-3) Sunday morning, thinking that I
should be out there, or should have finished a long
session. However, a series
of events have occurred this week which do not allow me to do so.
Incident 1:
Towards the end of last week (training week 2),
I notice a pain in the Achilles. Me being me, I decided to continue on but
would ice frequently after training. Please note I did not reduce. The pain
then gradually built and built until on Wednesday it got the point of no more
running, and I needed to walk a long descent at the conclusion of a painful
training session.
Belated response to incident 1:
No running Thursday until
today (Sunday), maybe tomorrow. Yesterday I went to the hospital to see the
Doctor about the problem. Where I am in Korea there doesn’t seem to be the equivalent
of sports physiotherapists (lots of Thai and Chinese traditional massage, which
I’m going to this week). Anyway, off I went. The doctor’s English is very
limited, although to be fair miles better than my Korean. I went in, motioned
that I run, and pointed to the problem area. He felt it and said ‘injection, no
run’. I was swooped off like a wailing starling to the next room, where an
anti-inflammatory jab was popped into my bottom. Hold for one minute was my
next instruction, and then it was further along the conveyor belt. My next stop
was a large room with 20 wooden beds, set at about knee height. I was laid down
and my food wrapped in a warm cloth. This was for around 20 minutes and felt
very good. After this the cloth was replaced with 4 suction pads, attached to a
machine that monitored time. Time was set to 15 minutes, and the pads felt very
similar to ultrasound therapy. Following this a nurse came and gave the area a
good old rub. So all of this totaled around one and a half hours and cost 6 New
Zealand dollars! Cheers. It does feel much better today but that could be the
injection still masking the pain.
Incident 2:
Sick. Maybe to do with the cold, or a little too
much running.
Response to incident 2:
No running until I return to full
health. And a strip down of my training system! Like this blog, brief. I’m
going to try a less is more approach to the next 2 phases of my Seoul marathon
training. Currently I’ve been looking a variety of ideas from online articles.
Hopefully by mid-week I will have something in action!
Enjoy those km's!
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