Nu shooz

Still in injury time – got a bruiser of a calf massage last Tuesday – quite literally. Asked Ray the perennial runner’s question – how long? “Oooooh – if I was being very cautious, id say a fortnight’s rest”. So, given I haven’t ran since 22nd Feb, then the massage on 28th, i’m thinking I might just check out the legs at the end of the coming week…..decided the current shoes had to go – a possible contributory factor, so we popped into Run4it for a gait analysis and ended up walking out with a pair of Brooks Ghost shoes, after trying 3 or 4 pairs on the dread-mill…..one leg is definitely acting differently from the other, in terms of angle and footfall, though different with various shoes. Tight hips and consequently calf seem the likely culprit, maybe caused by something joint-wise out of place? who knows? – time will tell. Calf is definitely better after the lay-off, but not wanting to rush back into things. Meanwhile, the road bike has been getting a bit more attention….

Before this, we were through early morning at Cambuslang for the Cambuslang Ronhill 10K ‘down by the river’ –  Theresa had entered this a few weeks ago, and she ran a very good race – 3 seconds outside her 10K PB which was set back in 2006 – so she is ‘really pleased’. Her continued return to form is noticeable – a good start to the year for her. The race was set in an industrial estate, which sounds terrible, but once you are down by the Clyde, it really is rather pleasant. I kinda like the old, and long disused industrial buildings that crop up along this part of the Clyde, a fair bit upstream from the city centre. New course record set too, wow – 31 minutes something…..

Spooky footnote……my number was ’253′ at Carnethy the other week, as was my position, well Theresa was no ’88′ at Cambuslang, and her position was….88.!