First injury

I was never a good footballer.
At the height of my 'career' I was an ok bowler on the cricket pitch.
Otherwise I've not been very athletic in my life.

One thing that I continued to draw on was watching sporty-types I know with exercise-induced injuries; not in some sadistic way, but it re-enforced my (probably ill-informed) belief that exercise makes you ill.

Simply put, I justified not taking exercise too seriously lest I became injured and couldn't exercise.


Obviously I knew I was wrong, but I didn't appreciate how wrong I was.

I've now come to learn that once in an exercise routine, any injury can have an impact on both physical and mental health. 

A day after returning from holiday I stubbed my toe on the highchair.  I didn't give it too much thought at the time as was feeding Harry, but later in the evening the bruising became apparent (if interested - why wouldn't' you be? - see proof at foot of page).

Over the next week the pain got worse, and while a nurse confirmed it was just a bruise, it was suggested that I rest it from running for up to a month.

After a good start in April and early-May, it actually took a lot out of me not running for about a month.  I found that I was missing something in my life, but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

As Spring matured into early-Summer I've missed getting out there and running.  Now I'm writing this, I've been out for 3 runs since the silly injury and its still not fully recovered yet....baby steps.



See proof below if really interested
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last warning to look away



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