Originally Posted by
skipchris
An afterthought — I bruised big toe really badly in a freak rock-flipping incident about 15 miles in.
I shook it off at the time after a couple of moments hopping round Esk Pike, and carried on, but even two days later it is very sore, very swollen, and I’m limping round the office.
It wasn’t weighing on my mind at the time except for the downhilliest of downhills, but I’m wondering in retrospect how much it was holding me back — either as a result of being a bit more ginger on my feet, a bit of extra "system shock" for my body to deal with, or both. Appreciate I won’t get a black-and-white answer on this but i’m interested in anyone’s experience/perspective.