{"id":4572,"date":"2016-03-23T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=48868"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:16","slug":"the-road-to-the-marathon-part-4-limping-out-my-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/03\/23\/the-road-to-the-marathon-part-4-limping-out-my-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"The road to the marathon (part 4): ‘Limping out of my bed’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iris regularly gives us an update about her training schedule for the quarter Marathon of Rotterdam.<\/p>\n

After a very hopeful start, my optimism has faded in the past few weeks. More and more often I find myself limping out of bed in the mornings, and I have slowly developed seemingly chronic muscle pains.<\/p>\n

Stretching my calves<\/h3>

A visit to the physiotherapist confirmed that I have an injury in my right ankle\/achilles heel. I am not allowed to run for the time being and have to stretch my calves every hour, resulting in some strange looks from people passing by. If I diligently do my stretching and go to a few more physiotherapy sessions, my therapist has promised to evaluate whether it is still possible for me to join the Charity Run in two weeks\u2019 time.<\/p>\n

Obviously, this is very frustrating, with less than a month to go until the quarter marathon. After a day of moping, sulking, and doom and gloom, I have decided that this is a valuable lesson to learn, and I will have to accept that I will not be able to reach my time goal. Admitting that it is impossible to go to training sessions, I hope to make it to the start with the help of a lot of yoga and walking<\/p>\n

It runs in the family<\/h3>

It\u2019s a shame, as the expectations are high. I come from a real \u2018runners family\u2019, as both my father and my grandfather, despite his respectable age, are fanatic sportsmen. My grandfather even ran half a marathon in his sixties, something I am yet to achieve with my 24 years of age.<\/p>\n

All and all I do not have much to report, as I spend a lot of time on the couch with my feet up. Am I not built to run distances, or is this just a small, temporary obstacle? Time will tell. In the meantime, I remain hopeful.<\/p>\n\n\t

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