I would like to give a narrative of how I overcame the plantar fasciitis, that my running became easier in February and that- as I write this blog- I am relishing the prospect of getting stuck into some hard training. Unfortunately for me things have not worked out that way. Life has a habit of showing the sometimes vast that lies between how you want something to and how it actually turns out, whilst in the process providing an incredibly humbling experience. Many positive catchphrases refer to these moments as passing storms or learning experiences, which they can be; however it certainly feels like I am in the middle of it and it is starting to become ever harder to see how things will play out. What I do know in this present moment is that I am going to have to take a step back in my running and focus on healing myself before I can stuck into serious training and racing. This in turn has led to the hard but relatively straightforward decision to not run the London Marathon 2020.
