Sunday 11 March 2012

My Bath trip.....

So today I was looking forward to a good fast half marathon in Bath, the weather was perfect, a good field had been assembled and I felt ready to run. The race started at 11a.m. and after the first mile I was tucked nicely in the lead group, just after this point the course turns onto a hill and halfway up this hill the runner just in front of me moved quickly to his left to avoid a curb and caught my foot causing me to go flying to the ground. I smashed both knees and slid along the tarmac on my shoulder and face, not what I was expecting! I got straight up and tried to run but after a few steps knew I couldn't run so I had to limp back to the starting area with bloody knees, shoulder and face. I must say a quick thanks to the St John's Ambulance guys for cleaning and patching me up.
Bandaged and swollen knees
This race was going to be a good guide to my form going into the last stage of the marathon training but after covering only just over a mile I got absolutely nothing from the race, plus as I can hardly walk at the moment it's going to be a few days before I will know if any serious damage has been done to my knee. Not the best day ever!!

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  1. Hi Tom,

    I contacted Nick to see if he had heard from you. It looked a nasty fall, and after not seeing you catch up I thought it mustve meant you had to stop running. Hope the swelling goes down soon and your back running soon.

    Take care.

    Martin Williams

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    1. Hi Martin, thanks mate, I'm sure it will be fine, I will enjoy the few days enforced rest! Enjoy Portugal.

      Speak soon.

      Tom

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  2. Bad luck, Tom. Fingers crossed it's not serious.

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  3. Gah, how annoying. At least it wasn't my fault this time....

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