Went for our first walk with any decent incline last weekend, a lovely 6.5 miles near Labybower Reservoir on a stunning blue skied October day amongst beautiful autumnal colours.
Only 500ft ascent but all in one section and quite taxing, didn't hurt at the time but the next day I had real pain in left calf at the top of the tendon and the tendons themselves were touch tender. By the end of the day, my left knee was killing, largely, I think, as a result of walking oddly because of the tendons but I've also a vague memory of banging it which may be relevant. Somewhat panicked at this stage and once again, very down.
However, day by day over 3 days improvement was massive. When Thursday arrived, I didn't dare go near the treadmill but went for a swim and did some under water peddling which seemed to help the knee immensely.
Now, a week since the walk, things feel almost back to where they were so maybe a lot was muscle and stretch; I hope so. My calf stretching exercises this week pull a lot more but again show ongoing progress.
Off to Scotland for a few days now and most walks from where we're staying are severe gradients so we'll see what the week brings. I think I'll be searching out some old railway walks in the valley.
It's now 6 months since my over enthusiastic and injuring first run which feels like an eternity. 7 months to the Great Manchester Run, I wonder whether I'll make it, I hope so.
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