{"id":23348,"date":"2017-04-10T14:05:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=23348"},"modified":"2021-09-18T17:10:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T16:10:20","slug":"half-marathon-training-injury-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2017\/04\/10\/half-marathon-training-injury-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Half Marathon Training &#8211; Injury Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week was injury week. I am actually surprised I got this far after talking to other people who have trained for a half-marathon but yet it came so unexpectedly. In hindsight I can see how I had over-done it previously.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?resize=800%2C533\" alt=\"Half Marathon Training - Injury Week\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the Monday and Tuesday morning I did run rather fast on the school run as we were late and my son took his scooter. Other than that I went with an after school group on a very short sponsored walk but other than that I didn&#8217;t do a lot. On the Tuesday morning after I had dropped my sons off I thought I would try the Zombie App which I had heard about in the Fitbitches group. This involves running away from Zombies whilst doing 5k. I thought yeah I could do that and it wouldn\u2019t take up too much of my morning. The Zombies were no-where in sight and I had literally just begun a gentle jog when I felt what can only be described as a spasm all up my leg! It was so painful and when it finished I can hardly walk. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BSLOCLbBllH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Joy Gloucestershire UK (@pinkoddy)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>I did a lot of Googling and talking to others and this is what I tried to get rid of the pain:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Epsom salts<\/strong> &#8211; sat in a bath for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deep heat<\/strong> &#8211; and generally rubbing my legs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rest<\/strong> &#8211; It hurt too much to do much else though to be honest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ibuprofen<\/strong> &#8211; why it took me so long to even think about taking any!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water<\/strong> &#8211; apparently it could be dehydration.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/autri-taheri-217705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23351\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/autri-taheri-217705.jpg?resize=800%2C533\" alt=\"drinking water to help with injuries when running\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/autri-taheri-217705.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/autri-taheri-217705.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/autri-taheri-217705.jpg?resize=768%2C512 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gentle<\/strong> <strong>stretches<\/strong> &#8211; I especially like the one with my foot hanging half way off a step.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better diet<\/strong> &#8211; although this mainly includes a lot of stir-fry and I still need to improve what I am putting into my body. And if I am totally honest I ate out a lot &#8211; but it is better than all the chocolate and hot cross buns right!<\/p>\n<p><strong>A sports massage<\/strong> &#8211; if you have ever had a nice relaxing massage then let me tell you this is <strong>NOTHING<\/strong> of the sort. Torture massage would be a better description and I left bruised and in pain. I do believe that it did the job though!<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/sports-massage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/sports-massage.jpg?resize=800%2C600\" alt=\"Half Marathon Training - Injury Week\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/sports-massage.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/sports-massage.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/sports-massage.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did not run all week. I walked the school run, I missed running club and was a marshal at Park run and Park Run Junior (where our 9 year old collected his Half Marathon band).<\/p>\n<p>I cannot tell you how gutted I felt for this to happen. It was so depressing. I feared (irrationally I know) that I would never run again (it hurt okay). To get so far and to be stopped in my tracks. I have no idea how some of these inspirational runners do it &#8211; who have really bad injuries and come back from it. To not to be able to run for months at a time (at least). I was just glad that the half marathon wasn\u2019t too soon and that I had chance to recover. Now just to keep injury free as I head towards tapering time (not that I have been doing enough to taper lol).<\/p>\n<p>I have also been told to use a bottle of ice-water or a tennis ball and roll them under my feet. Do you have any other tips for preventing or alleviating injury pains?<\/p>\n<p>I am running the Tewkesbury Half Marathon on 14th May 2017 for The Roses Theatre. Please sponsor me:&nbsp;<strong>https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/glosbloggers<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week was injury week. I am actually surprised I got this far after talking to other people who have trained for a half-marathon but yet it came so unexpectedly. In hindsight I can see how I had over-done it previously. On the Monday and Tuesday morning I did run rather fast on the school &#8230; <a title=\"Half Marathon Training &#8211; Injury Week\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2017\/04\/10\/half-marathon-training-injury-week\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Half Marathon Training &#8211; Injury Week\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4777,4014],"tags":[3996,863,1764],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?fit=800%2C533","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?fit=800%2C533",800,533,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?fit=300%2C200",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?fit=768%2C512",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?fit=800%2C533",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?fit=800%2C533",800,533,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/54.155.211.39\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/injury-week.jpg?fit=800%2C533",800,533,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"pinkoddy","author_link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/author\/pinkoddy\/"},"uagb_comment_info":4,"uagb_excerpt":"This week was injury week. 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