The beautiful (and busy) Dovestones 19/02/2012

Managed to get out for just short of 8 miles last Sunday. The weather was good and as a result Dovestones was very busy. Thankfully the cars are restricted to one small area, which is just as well judging by the chaos they were causing (it comes to something when you're having to overtake cars on foot!).

I kept the distance down to try and ease the pressure on my right knee and had only done one other small run the previous Wednesday. Things seemed better and there were no niggles till around 6 miles. The one pain (literally) was my left hamstring, which for some reason has been tight for over a week, brought on by a change in running style caused by the right knee problem...who knows?

As you can see by the photo there are certainly worse places to be!

I've been out again, only once this week (22/02/2012) for a quick 4 miles and the knee was fine but the hamstring was still pulling. I'm out again over the weekend and it feels ok, touchwood, so i'm looking forward to a good run out.

The physio (Dave Carter) who i've seen again today, seems to be working has magic. He's got me doing all sorts of weird and wonderful stretches and strengthening exercises, as well as doing accupuncture and trigger point work (i think that's what it's called?). These all seem to be working well. He's even provided me with a large, polystyrene roller for rolling about on, self massage style (think solid, sausage dog style, draft excluder and you get the idea). Not the kind of exercises you'd be doing with an audience, but very effective i'm sure!

Here's a shamless plug for Dave - http://www.davecarterphysio.co.uk/

Will try to update a bit quicker after this weekends run.

Cheers
Mick