A BBC newsreader has revealed he had to take an “enforced break” and was left in tears after doctors told him to cut back due to a health problem.

Sadly, Sophie Raworth was forced to pull out of this year’s London Marathon just six miles from the finish line after suffering a stress fracture in her ankle.

The injury meant doctors ordered him not to exercise and he would need crutches, he also told the journalist he could do “nothing”.

Sophie, who now seems to be seeing the benefit of her ‘forced break’, said: ‘I cried the day I was told I had to walk on crutches.’

She continued: “I don’t have to keep pounding the pavement, watching the clock trying to hold back the years. The next time I get hurt, I won’t panic.”

Sophie added: “Instead, I will give in to the rest, knowing that I will almost certainly come back stronger in the end.”

In May, it was reported that the broadcaster had been inundated with messages of support following the incident on April 21, in which Sophie required treatment at A&E.

She managed to run 20 miles, but then had to leave the race because her ankle “exploded”, and the journalist later shared videos of her learning.

Sophie also posted photos of her injured ankle Instagram and explained that she was helped by the “kindness of strangers” and the “shoulders I was given to lean on.”

She wrote: “Well I had a great 20 mile run. It all started so well! I even got to meet the legend that is Jasmin Paris! And then at mile 18 or so, my ankle blew out. Annoying because I was doing well. “

“But my 12th @londonmarathon attempt became about the kindness of strangers and a shoulder to lean on.”

Sophie is a dedicated runner, posts on Instagram on April 21, that he was about to embark on his 21st marathon and 12th London Marathon, although a “dodgy ankle might fail me tomorrow”.

In a separate post after her injury, runnersworlduk shared a quote from Sophie detailing her thoughts on the injury and how the notion of not exercising was “confounding”.

She said: “This concept was quite exciting to begin with. Running propelled me forward with purpose and increased strength, both physical and mental. Then suddenly everything was swept from under my feet.”