Quote Originally Posted by geronimo View Post
I am touch and go after falling down said cattle grid and falling over with right leg down the grid. still ran on to the hill inn and did not realise i had done something serious. even did a 6 mile run the next day then Monday i could hardley walk and the pain in my right shin and ankle was unbearable. a bit better now but by saturday will have been two weeks with no running whatsoever. lost my confidence now of getting a decent time
Don't worry about it, as soon as you get running you'll feel better. A two week rest will probably have done more good than harm; most fellrunners don't taper properly for big races and you can't lose fitness in two weeks anyway (not to any measurable extent, unless you're a seriously elite level competitor).

n.b; I did exactly the same thing a couple of months ago, my excuse was that the grid was full of snow. I now have a permanent lump on the front of my right lower shin!