Joe Wicks’ New Year plans have suffered an unexpected “setback”.
The Body Coach, 39, has revealed that he ended up in hospital after suffering an accident while running.
Despite initial fears of a broken ankle, the Essex-born star said he had only suffered “ligament damage”.
But it means he is currently out of action on crutches and so his planned 5k New Year’s Day walk around Virginia Lake is now cancelled.
Taking to Instagram to share a picture of him looking less-than-impressed with his new leg accessory, along with a copy of an X-ray, he told his 4.8million followers how he’d “had a shocker this morning”.
“Thought I’d end the year with a run,” he explained. “Was feeling inspired and hit the road in the dark at 6am. As I ran around the corner I rolled my ankle on the grass and put all of my weight onto it. So painful. I had to hop back home on my other foot. Anyway bit of a setback. Went to the hospital for an X-ray because I thought it was fractured. Good news is that it’s not broken, just ligament damage.
“Codeine and ice for me today,” he added, followed by a hands up emoji.
Addressing the need to cancel the walk on Wednesday, he assured fans that he planned to reschedule it.
He penned: “Unfortunately this means I won’t be able to do my planned 5km walk around Virginia Lake tomorrow morning. So sorry I can’t make it. I was really looking forward to it. I’ll plan another one there as soon as I can. If you know anyone who was planning on coming along can you please tag them below or let them know today. I’m worried they won’t see it and will turn up.”
The dad-of-four concluded his post by saying “have happy new year everyone” followed by a red love-heart emoji.
His friends and fans were quick to wish him a speedy recovering in the comments.
“Gutted for ya Joe!” wrote singer Olly Murs, advising him to “rest up”.
“Take the time you need to recover,” agreed another.
“Spin it on its head and reframe this as your opportunity to rest [and] be spoilt by your wife and kids for a few days,” put in a third.
