A little bit of car cleaning at the weekend has led to a rather inconvenient niggle in my left leg. I’m no doctor, but I’m pretty sure I’ve pulled something. It has happened at completely the wrong time (is there a right time?) with my debut attempt at a half marathon just around the corner.

Bugger!

I’ve not done any training for 5 days and I’ve only got one 10 miler under my belt. I’ve had various bits of advice on what to do about this. My mum, for example, has suggested purchasing some magnesium oil. Honestly, I don’t know where she comes up with these things. Surprisingly, I’ve not stumbled across any of this stuff in the shops, so there’s that solution out the window. A chemist today advised me to apply heat to the affected muscle and to keep it moving. This sounds more plausible and I’ll gladly give it a try because it’s bloody freezing in our house at the moment anyway. An Iron Man has also suggested I don’t attempt any long runs whilst nursing this minor injury, and just to get in a few shorter ones in my final week before the race. That sounds sensible too, and coming from an actual Iron Man, I’d be silly to ignore it.

I think I’ll be okay by 28 November. I’d better be, because I had another sponsor today and I don’t want to let anyone down! Whilst I’m on that subject again…please do sponsor me if you’d like to!

Fingers crossed!!