When I get a injury from running, my first thought is always about how quickly I can get back on the road. I worry about losing fitness and missing out on races. And, at this time of the year, with the nights drawing in, those evening runs with the club are all the more precious. While everyone else is at home with the curtains drawn, we're outside working our bodies, breathing in the cool air, feeling alive. I miss that, and I want to get back to it as soon as I can.
When I've had my injury for a few weeks I play a different mental game. At speed sessions it's always the 'how about doing one more rep even though you thought this was the last' temptation that goes through my head. The feeling that I'm sneaking an extra one - going the extra rep, so to speak. And when I'm recovering from injury, and resigned to the fact it will be a few weeks, I play the 'how about leaving it for one more week just to be really sure and minimise your chances of a recurrence?' game.
That's where I am now. I've long since stopped having any pain walking on it, but if I press on the joint it still hurts a tiny bit. I'm thinking I'll leave it for one more week.
