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Yet another injury, missing one race and planning another

Since I started running, I have been injured a couple of times a year. It was about six weeks ago that I twisted my left ankle. For a couple of weeks before then I couldn't run quite often due to the air pollution in Tehran. And I decided to sneak a couple of long runs while I was away in mid February. We were in Qeshm Island - the largest island in the Persian Gulf - and it was a great day for running. I started running at 6am and after almost 200 metres my left ankle twisted. I stopped, walked for a few seconds and started running again. I knew that it might get worse after this run, but I couldn't help running. after a few minutes the pain faded away. I ran 14 km and when I finished my run the pain came back. It wasn't the worst ankle sprain I had, but it took me longest to recover. I am just about to recover now, but I missed so many training sessions that I decided - only 12 days before the race - not to run the Iznik Ultramarathon. 

My next race will be Eiger Ultra Trail in July. That is going to be the hardest race I have ever run. I am not in the best shape now and need to train really hard for this monster (101 km and 6700 meters of elevation gain) I will start my training in a few days and might attend a shorter ultra before then to earn enough qualifying points for UTMB 2015. 


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  1. Patrick Voo9 April 2014 at 17:52

    wishing you a speedy recovery and enjoyable eiger ultra trail race, mamad!

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    1. Mamad12 April 2014 at 15:50

      Thanks Patrick. It's like starting from scratch when you are back from an injury. Have you got any races lined up?

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