David Currie

336As I’m now office bound whilst awaiting the baby there was no excuse for not attending this week’s RR10 down at Ashurst in the New Forest. As usual, I was running late and we arrived just 15 minutes before the start. It’s a while since I’ve raced an RR10 so decided to use fellow Southampton runner Eric Parker as my pacer. I did overtake him at one point but it wasn’t long before he came past again. My legs felt terrible – perhaps not surprising having run the past two days and then not at all for the preceding week. I was therefore pretty surprised to just squeeze in to the top 20 in the results as well as being the first IBM Hursley runner back. Christine took the camera out so you can see some more photos over on flickr.

Well, I did make it to the Tuesday night run yesterday and I did remember my GPS but I didn’t remember the route! Consequently, what started out as the standard Telegraph Hill run deteriorated into who knows what. There’s a stand of trees over towards Deadman Hill that I always think we should run to but isn’t actually on any of our runs. Well, last night three of us did get to visit it and get slightly damp in the nearby Black Gutter Bottom trying to get back. We did eventually catch the others again but only just before getting back to Fritham. As a result I’m not attaching the GPX file this week. Still, I’m sure Ian appreciated the extra distance for his last minute London Marathon training!

312I missed yesterday’s run in the New Forest as I’ve been up in Scotland with work. I did, however, make the most of what was a lovely evening by going for a run from my central Edinburgh hotel up Arthur’s Seat. From there I was rewarded with views of a fantastic sunset over the city (any excuse to stop for a breather!). I did miss another golden opportunity though: whilst I had a hire car I should have taken the 1 mile detour to call in at the town of Currie on the outskirts of the city!

I had been recruited as part of Southampton Running Club’s team for the Southern 12 Stage Road Relay. This meant an early start for the drive up to the Open University at Milton Keynes. I was down for leg 10 which then meant four hours of leisurely spectating in the sunshine before trying to gear myself up for the 5.3km course.

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Towards the end of last year I went to the GP as the occasional pain that I felt on the front of my left ankle when the toes were pushed up, for example by stepping on a log, had become more persistent. I was referred to the physio whose holistic approach undoubtedly saw my back and core stability improve but did little for my ankle. Yesterday I finally made it to a foot and ankle specialist at the Wessex Nuffield hospital (yes – the IBM medical insurance is paying!) via the X-ray department. After a brief description of the symptoms he took a look at the images and immediately diagnosed anterior impingement, better known as “footballer’s ankle”.
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