Wow. What a year 2018 has been for me and my hips. I celebrated my Birthday three days ago, 47 years after I was born with hip dysplasia. This time last year I never imagined that I’d have walked a 10K race and 24.5 miles of the South Downs Way.
Left hip, right path. Getting me walking with hip dysplasia.
Recently I found myself overnight in Alfriston which, as it happens, is directly on the South Downs Way. I had a spare hour or so and decided to walk along the path that I will return to at some point on my 100-mile walk.
If the shoe doesn’t fit… orthotics and hip dysplasia
Walking my first 10K for Steps last month taught me a couple of valuable lessons. Firstly, I need to build up my leg strength, particularly around my knees, or I’ll never manage the hills and rugged terrain of the South Downs Way.
My 10K Walk. Fitting in by Standing Out.
Yesterday I walked my first ever 10K race.
I consider myself lucky. Despite being born with hip dysplasia, as a child I wasn’t bullied much about my walk,