An incident with a manhole cover threatens to derail the 26.2 mile challenge.
So how things change…
One minute I am scampering happily around South West London, and then I trip over a manhole cover and roll around in the mud for a while, much to the amusement of a group of tourists who decide to take my photo.
I can imagine the conversation in their household when they return home… “here’s the British worm wrestling champion in action”.
Unfortunately the worm inflicted a small hairline fracture beneath my knee running downwards.
I assumed I had pulled a muscle so continued my training which is where it all started to go wrong. The fracture opened up and started splitting my tibia downwards (the big bone between knee and ankle).
I still plodded on, but my ‘pulled muscle’ became increasingly painful. Eventually I went for an x-ray and was told I had broken my leg!
I told my doctor that I would still like to get round the marathon and he seemed to think it was possible although I won’t be setting any speed records. He said I can’t put any weight on my leg for 5-6 weeks and that I needed hydrotherapy, so I have dusted off my speedos and am back training.
Be grateful the photo is me on my crutches and not in my budgie smugglers…
Graham Saltmarsh, director of licensing UK & Nordics at Turner, is just one of the execs from the licensing industry running the 2016 London Marathon. He is raising money for The Light Fund and one of its supported charities, The Children’s Trust. You can follow his progress through a series of blogs on LicensingSource.net.
