Some injury or the other has plagued me every year since 2013/2014 . Due to this there have been very few satisfactory full marathon runs in the last 8 years or so. In the 7 marathons since Jan 2017 I have managed only one sub 4(TMM 2019) , one sub 4:10 and all other being slower than 4:25 due to one injury or another . And the struggle to have an injury free running season continues. Rather have not even been able to start training this season . Ran the York marathon in May with a right glutes issue(possibly piroformis) and right shoulder pain that have been hampering me since March 2022 . A hip/groin strain got added soon after I started to re-build base mileage in June end . Took all of July off from running and cycling and consulting G. With his exercises, the right glutes got better . However, soon after I restarted running the left glutes started paining - varying between acute pain when running and dull pain when not doing anything. Even brisk walking was not comfortable. Therefore based on G's advise I am off from running again and just focused on strength exercises. Last year when I managed to run 63Km and cycle 126Km in a week I had decided to try and replicate something similar every year during the same period. Instead I ended up unable to do any cardio at all.
Hoping to resume in a week or so. With TMM 2023 now 4.5 months away I need to build some mileage and target a at least one 32K+ run every month starting Sept. Only after the first such long run I can decide what time goal to target in TMM 2023, if any.
