Hobbling goblins

Not posted for a while for several reasons- I've had my head reasonable straight, so I've not needed the therapy, I've been really busy.. and,well.. I couldn't be arsed. I think I'm the only person who reads my blog anyway, which is probably a good thing. I'm off to Costa Rica tomorrow :). I can't believe I'm actually going to see Andy. It feels like he's been away for forever, but in reality its only a month I guess. It will be nice to be able to share that kind of normality we have again. It's funny how wehn you love someone, doing exciting stuff becomes less of a priority, and you just want to share the normal simple things. It gives me hope for the future, because I don't think you can really know if you want someone around in the long-term unbless you have lived with them. You have to learn the anoying things they do, so you can either reprogram them, or learn to be a wonderful, tolerant human being :o>.

Waffling on about nothing in particular- must be knackered.. I am, and I have to get up at 4.. .

My main reason for posting is to have a bitch about my knee. I've developed something nasty called illiotibial band syndrom, casue by my spaky running, and running on pavements ratehr than nice, squishy grass. It bloody hurts, and google wisdome suggests that rest and physio are required, and running on it will only excabate things. Yes I know I just made that word up, but I think it's close to a real one. So I'm resting.. well, apart from a teeny 5k race today. Oops. I ran 8 and a bit minutes of it, then gave up and walked the rest. It hurt like hell, but after a hot bath it's calmed down. It was incerdible frustrating to be walking when I had bags of energy and plenty of strength left, appart from this annoying niggle. It gave me a chance to look around though, and it was stunning- we were in Arundel, running through the wildlife and wetlands trust grounds. The race was a nice course, appart from abloody big hiss near the start. I have to be honest- I probably would have walked a bit of it anyway cos it was knackering! The wether was perfect- blue skies but chilly... until we started running, at which point it began to piss icy rain all over us, then hail. The snow held off until we started up the hill. Nice. I always overheat if I wear too much to un in, but I was coveting jac's lovely florescent ron hill gloves- I don't think I've had so much pain in my hands before! We had a well deserved cake and hot drink afterwards, so it was all good- apart from the limping and complaining bviously. I'll go see a physio whne I get back- that won't be cheap. I'm still quietly optimistic about the totton 10 in april, but I might have to face the reality that trining is going to make me worse. I'm not sure how I'll handle climbing either- I certainly can't support my body weight on my right leg and push up, it's too weak- so I don't think I'll managed climbing. That sucks- I was supposed o be climbing last weekend, but I pulled out- too busy. But then it's not every day you get the chance to go to Costa Rica :o)