Cutting a frustrated figure at home right now, unable to run due to a muscular tension problem in my back that I have been suffering from ever since my escapades at Stanley Park on Wednesday night!
Luckily for me I was working at local physio Brian Porter's house yesterday, so fortunately for me he managed to fit me in for some treatment. Molly was also kind enough to help out with a massage last night too. Plus, I also had a massage off Sue Samme this morning, and rather than my usual leg massage, we focused on my back again.
The consensus is that I am suffering from my back muscles locking out due to the pressure and tension I put them under on Wednesday. Because I have been focussing on long run after long run, it has come as a bit of a shock to the system throwing in a sub 5 minute mile paced 4 miler!
The pain isn't as intense now, but I am listening to the advise of those around me and to what my body is telling me. Two days off isn't going to do me any harm at London at this stage of the training cycle. I am still hoping to get my longish 16 mile run in at a gentle pace tomorrow, but now that we have got all the hard sessions out of the way it is all about arriving on that start line in London in two weeks time in one piece!
So therefore, this afternoon will be spent with my feet up, a couple of heat packs on my back and a DVD!
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