Next four weeks plan above.
That first week isn't going to plan so far. My uncle took a look at my calf last night. Doesn't look like there is a tear, which I didn't think there was, but the fibres are knotted up good and proper. I mentioned something was twanging on the back of my knee when I ran. he found that. I'm sorry I can't remember the name of it, but if you were to push your finger into the back of your knee joint in between the two main tendons it's there. I had a half hour session with the clinical sports masseur, then some targeted deep tissue massage from another specialist, 15 minutes on the inferential machine, then my uncle set to work on me. It's was really painful as he worked the back of the knee and also the areas on the calf which are all knotted up. The back of the knee definitely improved and released, but even after all of the treatment the calf still needs more work. "It's not good, but at least we caught it before it got worse" my uncle said. He says as it stands I shouldn't do the Thames Meander, but he says I may be able to make a difference if I have more intensive sessions this week.
I am going back tonight and then again on Friday. Only on Friday will he make a judgement call on if I should do go. I didn't run the scheduled 9 or 10 miles last night, and it's unlikely I will run tonight. I may try a run on Thursday before the last session on Friday just as an indicator for how I am progressing.
This changes how I will run next week. This week was my peak mileage week, 85 miles. If I do manage the Thames Meander I will run higher mileage than the planned recovery week and still attempt my 85 mile week target. I will do a light weekend afterwards though. As you can see, I am still hoping that I will be in good enough shape for the Thames Meander, but if my uncle thinks no, then I won't and just do a normal week (no recovery) next week.
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