An MRI for my Spinal Injury in Leeds at 7:50am, and Running the York 10km at 9:30am. Sub 1 Hour 10km

Описание: What a busy Sunday morning! I have been suffering with a spinal injury for the past 9 months. Initially diagnosed as an L5 disc bulge I had lots of physio to help with the sciatica and at first that was working. However now the spinal clinic think that something else is going on as every evening I am in excruciating back pain. I wake up feeling good as new every morning, and as long as I stay active then it's not too bad to manage with painkillers. This scan will enable us to diagnose exactly what is wrong and hopefully I can get back to running the trail ultra marathons that I love!

By working hard at the gym and doing physio I have built back up to running around 15 miles at a time so I am feeling hopeful about my running future. I was worried about how to fit in the MRI and race in one morning though given that they were around a 45 minute drive away from each other! Luckily I was the first appointment of the day and the MRI was done swiftly. I had most definitely not anticipated having a slight mental collapse during the scan! It took me back to thoughts of all the scans my husband Ben had in the lead up to his death. Staying still is really difficult to do when you're crying! I was so pleased to be rushing straight to a race so that there was no time to feel sorry for myself!

I made it over to York with about 10 minutes to spare. Thankfully the race is chip timed so I was pretty relaxed about making it to the start on time. The race was super well organised and the route was interesting! Lots of 90 degree bends and even several 180 degree switchbacks! I had such a great time and it was brilliant to hang out with the one hour pacers who did a fantastic job for Northern Pacing Volunteers. Kudos to all the pacers as with the twists and turns then this is not an easy race to pace!

I finished the morning with a medal around my neck and a smile on my face so I'm definitely taking that as a win! Hopefully I'll get my MRI results back soon and can find out what's wrong, and more importantly... What's next!

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