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Back, heel, knee ... why is it all going so wrong?

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Adharanand Finn
Apr 15, 2024
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Pathetic fallacy: the weather reflecting my mood this week.

I'M HOPING THAT I’ll soon look back at this week’s Musings, this past week just gone, and think: “That was the low point. That was rock bottom. It all got better after that.”

Ever since I played that game of Lads vs Dads football last December, I’ve been fighting a heel injury that has seen me struggle to run even 20 miles a week and left me pulling out of two races I was hugely looking forward to, The Grizzly and the Manchester Marathon.

Right now I should be purring, fresh from a fast time in Manchester, and ready to start building up the mileage for my epic 2,500km run around Ireland in a few months. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different.

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