Henry David Thoreau once wrote, ‘I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least – and it is commonly more than that – sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.’ This very sentiment resonates with and gives definition to everything I feel at present. Due to physical ailments I have become somewhat disengaged from the silence of the world around me. Being bound indoors without so much as a ‘saunter’ by the river in the past few weeks I slowly feel myself becoming claustrophobic within the four walls in which I am constrained.

The light grows less faint however as my regular visits to the podiatrist and physiotherapist see promising results. I have been issued with orthodics to correct my running alignment and my high tension Achilles tendon exercises continue to be endured on a daily basis. Providing healing is as quickly as I am given reason to hope, I should be back to running in two weeks time.