Aborted Run due to ribs injury - Frustration sets in!
Posted on Jun 11, 2008 under Injuries |Smashed ribs stumbling on boat at weekend - so this was first attempt at run. It’s been hard to breathe in really deeply, as it causes pain, so that was a worry.
Anyway, barely managed 200 metres - felt good in myself, but the jolting from running was causing the ribs quite a bit of pain/discomfort - which got a lot worse when I started breathing deeply, as it seemed to put pressure on the rib from 2 angles at once. I felt I could continue running through the pain - but knew that it would not do me any good in the long run, and it wasn’t worth sacrificing the next 2 months for the sake of one run, as the aggravation to the ribs was only causing more damage and doing no good at all…
Only option now is to rest as much as possible - will try some work on exercise bike to see how breathing affects ribs without the jolting. Am keeping fingers crossed some enforced rest will mean the ribs heal fairly quickly and I don’t lose too much fitness in the meantime.
So - 2 months before Great Manchester run, was flying, then got injury swimming.
Month before City of Manchester 10k - was going great - then get injury on a boat.
All feels a bit annoying to say the least!
