Half Marathon 13.1ml walk

Lynne and I completed a Half Marathon 13.1ml walk last night, the Manchester Shine event for Cancer Research UK (plus 0.5ml each way to car).
I detected slight discomfort early in my left tendon but I was looking for it. I think it was actually the stretching and warming up rather than walking that caused it. Once walking, I suffered no achilles problem at all through the whole walk. As a precaution, when I got home I sat with my feet & calves in iced water for 20mins before heading to bed and this morning I am suffering no noticeable achilles issues which is fantastic news.

I did have sore feet in the last few miles and I had three points of concern with knees but each time, keeping steady and straight it cleared.

Unexpectedly, at 10 and 12 miles, I had small jars from my lower back and this remained uncomfortable driving home. This morning it was in some spasm, pulled across a little to one side and was quite painful around the sacroiliac joint and the base. My back being a chronic problem, I attacked this with experience; 2 minutes relaxing by counting breaths while face down on a mat, a couple of small clicks sounded positive then followed by a concave push up exercise my Osteo' gave me years ago which released another crack after which it felt much more comfortable and looked much straighter. I'm now quite happy with it but will be careful and make sure I attend to exercises.

Stat's: Dist 13.1ml; Time 4hrs 5min; Pace 18.5 min/ml (11.5 min/km); 3.2mph (5.22 kph)

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