Friday, November 16, 2007

Injured

I know it's been a while since I've posted, so let me update everyone.

I WAS running each weekend until the fires. I didn't run one weekend because it was too windy. That's the day the fires started. The next weekend I didn't want to run outside because there was alot of ash in the air. I ran 15 miles at the gym. That was real hard and it took 3 days before my hip didn't hurt. The next weekend I forced myself to run because 15 miles didn't sound like fun. I surprised myself and found it to be pretty easy. I only ran 12 miles that day. I did 7.5 miles and then I rolled my ankle. I fell on my hands and knees, but I was up pretty fast because there were cars right next to me and I didn't want anyone to get out to see if I was okay. I ran another 4.5 miles on a bruised and swollen ankle before I called it quits. That day I spent all day applying RICE (rest, ice, compression and elevation).
I was able to walk on it by the next day and it didn't feel too bad. Our group was doing a 10K run the following weekend (which was last weekend). I didn't plan on running it anyway so I've just taken the last two weeks off. My ankle feels pretty good now, but it still looks brused. I'll see how I feel this Sunday, I might go and see if I can run a couple of miles. I don't want to push to hard to soon, but I don't want to sit around because I won't be in shape for the 1/2 or full marathon. I'll just have to wait and see what Sunday brings.

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