Getting over a running injury

In the last month I've had to contend with a running "injury". It's not painful, and it doesn't seem to be getting any worse. It got me worried for a couple of weeks though.

Looking back I was probably trying to do too much running too soon. My mind was back in 1993, and I thought the more running I did, I could get my body back into the shape it was in then. Not thinking adequately of rest days, and giving myself to adjust to the training.

Anyway, I went for a long run with a few people from the running club on a Tuesday evening. In the dark on pavements and roads. We were out for about 80 minutes with some fast efforts thrown in. I was shattered at the end, but most of the others were as well. Anyway, next morning in the shower I noticed a small swelling on my right leg near my ankle.

This has caused me to back off from the running over the last few weeks, and generally only run every other day. That is until the Christmas holiday. Since Xmas day I've run pretty much every day. The leg seems better, and I want to make the most of the time off work.

When I read the first volume of Ron Hill's autobiography I notice he often ran with worse injuries and in pain, so I'm not doing that badly!