19-08-2020, 06:44 PM
Hey Ed - hope all is well with you and the family.
Good news from the MRI - I don't have a stress fracture or stress reaction
Interestingly, I also don't have plantar fasciitis. The issue is 'tenosynovitis at the master knot of Henry'. It's likely due to lack of stability along the whole right leg chain (glutes and below) and is for some reason exacerbated by firm/bouncy shoes (like the vaporfly). It's well on the mend and nothing chronic so doc is happy with me managing conservatively and working on strengthening the chain.
I've now done 8 weeks at ~95k/week including a bit of speed work and did a 16:48 5k on the track this weekend. Honestly I was hoping to go a bit faster but given I've done very limited speed work (really just 3 'sessions' in the past couple of months) and it was very humid, still not a bad starting point.
Hoping to kick off with some sessions from next week.
London Marathon is officially cancelled but I've signed up to an excellent alternative "Wrexham Elite Marathon" (sub 2:40 entry requirement) which has attracted pretty much all the UK based marathoners who can't run the majors due to covid. Should be a great, fast race with 400+ already entered. Oct 4th and very 'covid compliant' so hopefully a good chance of going ahead.
Sub 16 is the first order of business!
Good news from the MRI - I don't have a stress fracture or stress reaction
Interestingly, I also don't have plantar fasciitis. The issue is 'tenosynovitis at the master knot of Henry'. It's likely due to lack of stability along the whole right leg chain (glutes and below) and is for some reason exacerbated by firm/bouncy shoes (like the vaporfly). It's well on the mend and nothing chronic so doc is happy with me managing conservatively and working on strengthening the chain.I've now done 8 weeks at ~95k/week including a bit of speed work and did a 16:48 5k on the track this weekend. Honestly I was hoping to go a bit faster but given I've done very limited speed work (really just 3 'sessions' in the past couple of months) and it was very humid, still not a bad starting point.
Hoping to kick off with some sessions from next week.
London Marathon is officially cancelled but I've signed up to an excellent alternative "Wrexham Elite Marathon" (sub 2:40 entry requirement) which has attracted pretty much all the UK based marathoners who can't run the majors due to covid. Should be a great, fast race with 400+ already entered. Oct 4th and very 'covid compliant' so hopefully a good chance of going ahead.
Sub 16 is the first order of business!