Apologies to all for being a little quiet these past 2 weeks. It seems that the Hillbillies have [temporarily] become very injury-prone! Some have been running and others not. From my side, 2 weeks of forced rest has been absolute torture! I'd see happy runners wherever I go and I wish I could join them...!
I picked up a painful case of tendonitis in my ankle - couldn't put any weight on that foot for a day or two but I am finally back on the road again, mostly pain-free (I can still feel a bit of tenderness when my ankle goes over from stepping on a rock or in a pot-hole but nothing lasting).
Now it's Josh's turn - he picked up a very painful stress fracture in his foot while running Time Trials last week. He's going to be out for 6 weeks to recover. Josh, we'll all be thinking of you and missing you on the roads!! Get well soon!!!
As a result of all these injuries, the Hillbillies haven't met as a group for about 2 weeks, this morning being our first real run together again. It was Linelle, Errard (new member, welcome!) and myself.
We set out in the pitch dark of 6:00 a.m. from Great Westerford, headed slowly up Dean Street and along Newlands Avenue for our normal start. From there we had an easy downhill cruise along the M3 to Paradise Road. Around the cirle and cut through Claremont until we ended up behind Cavendish Mall. From here we got back onto Paradise and stopped for water at then Engen on Main Road. Refreshed, we set off again over Main, over the railway bridge and past Newlands cricket grounds. We reached our usual water point at the Shell garage on Liesbeek/Campground at around 6.5km but opted to just continue. So around the Rondebosch Common we went, meeting a couple of other early morning runners along the way. By the time we'd completed our circuit of the Common, we opted to just continue straight along Park Road and over into Belmont, then down Main for the home stretch.
All in all we ran a very comfortable 11.6km. Our pace started slow, and gradually picked up as we warmed up. We still kept it fairly relaxed and comfy the whole way, and had a very enjoyable run! Thanks to my fellow Hillbillies for the great company this morning!
Route Map:
Route Profile:
See you guys on Tuesday, same time, same place!
No comments:
Post a Comment