Whatever will be, will be

"Que Sera, Sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be"

The above pretty much sums everything up for me at the moment. In summary following on from last week I was anxious to try and get rid of the niggle or whatever was going on with my Achilles. I visited Mark last Tuesday night and got some dry needling on the Achilles which involved 6 needles being stuck in my Achilles at various points. Luckily I couldn't see it going on.

Mark also commented how it seemed inflamed compared to the other one. I did around 45 mins or so on Thursday & Friday but there was no real improvement, no better but not any worse either. I took Saturday off to give myself the best chance at running on Sunday. Again there was no real difference so I called it quits after 4 miles rather than risk doing something silly for the sake of it. I visited Mark again on Sunday evening and following consultation with another physio who had suffered the same injury himself the area was strapped up with Kinesio tape to try and help a bit and some self massage was recommended around the area to try and get the excess fluid away from the area.

I will try a few miles this evening to see if there is any improvement but from reading about it achille's tendinitis does not necessarily heal in a hurry.

With 19 days to go to the Marathon I feel everything is in the lap of the gods to be honest. Never mind the important sessions or training I'm missing on what should be a peak week there is nothing I can do about that now. It's no longer about worrying about goal times or paces but more trying to get to the start line in a condition that I can finish the race.

I would prefer to be out running miles than constantly icing the area or taking anti-inflammatory's to try and reduce the inflammation. That is the annoying part. It wouldn't be so bad if this was just another race but this is 'The Race', the one I have always wanted to do. The race  that has driven me to get out the door and complete sessions on the most horrible winter nights we had this past few months.

For the moment it's just a waiting game. People continue to assure me the training is done but I'm not so sure to be honest. The Marathon is not a distance you can get away with not being fully prepared and fit for. At the moment though there are still plenty of options. Let's see how things develop...

"Que Sera, Sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be"