Murphy’s law…

… “all what can go wrong will go wrong”… and it has.

On Thursday I have slipped when jogging and stretched my hamstring. Not nice. I was trying to avoid guy, who was blocking the path, ‘playing’ with his mobile in the middle of it. I diverted onto wet grass patch and slipped (I know that my lovely Wife will tell you that paths / roads don’t belong to runners, but… it just annoys me when people do not respect others on the road – whether driving / walking / jogging / cycling). Avoided falling but when trying to keep my balance I felt discomfort in my hamstring.

As a mad IT runner I decided to shake this “small” injury off by…  well, more running. Tried training on Friday and it wasn’t too bad. I could feel a bit of pain but was fine overall, at least it has slowed me down (paced-down), still not to a speed which I would like to run the marathon at. Today, Saturday, I have decided not to do my usual 14 km walk to rest the leg…

… and that’s not all. My right heel started to act up again (pain).

All just a few days before my first marathon. So now all “healing” creams are in high demand… Vortarol, Traumal S and Deep Heat.

On the positive side… we did a great job when it comes to raising money for Cara Scoil. More in the coming post.