Apologies to any residents in a 1km radius of me on Monday morning, who were exposed to a string of expletives more familiar at a Freo wharf or a Pilbara minesite.
Last Sunday morning, after a good long run, Clown and I sat by the edge of the river and discussed the dangers of injury running on dark mornings. The very next morning up at quarter to six, I decided against my better judgement to hop up onto the soft grss on the verge. Within 5 steps I had steppen into a hole and rolled my left ankle ( eversion injury). Luckily I'd only gone 800m by that point and hobbled home.
Running was not possible in the next four days - each attempt was met with sharp pain. Saturday morning I managed a walk/jog (ankle heavily strapped) on flat surface for a few km. This morning I managed about 12k, again with plenty of walks, and was running with a limping gait by the end.
I really need to get a bike - I did no exercise at all in the intervening days and felt absolutely awful, a reminder of the strength of addiction to exercise.
One sidenote is that I realise now if I were ever to take up triathlon and shave my legs, Mrs Epi would leave me - the comments about the shaved left ankle/calf have not been complimentary to say the least!
Hopefully gradually back to comfortable running over the next 7 days.
Hopefully I can gradually get going
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7 comments:
A mo to balance out the lack of hair on your legs, maybe? You can try it out in November with impunity...
Bad about your ankle - having really enjoyed running in the dark, I haven't thought about this aspect consciously.
Keeping it moving is a good idea, I would have thought that doing anything even strapped is better than laying up completely.
Hoping for a good recovery!
Thanks homo.
I grew a mo whilst in Nepal - it wasn't a good look - like a 70s German pornstar according to my brother-in-law.
That sucks - hope it's just a minor hiccup. At this rate we could almost get a team together for the Tour de France....
That really sucks. Hope it improves quickly for you, a good effort to do 12k today.
Agree with getting a bike, the exercise bike stopped me from going totally insane a few weeks ago
Hopefully you'll be ready in the next couple of weeks to do a long run and get back on track.
Terrible luck - I have a bike you can borrow if you want (a bike my brother in law used in ironman triathlons). Hasn't been ridden for a while but would only need minor work to get it up to scratch. Put a comment on my blog if you are interested.
cheers
Teribble luck. My last sprained ankle cost me a good 6 weeks, where I could only cross-train or did short runs.
Perhaps you can try pool running (Challenge Stadium pool has the buoyancy belt, I think)
Also get a tera-band to play with your ankle.
Thanks again guys,
Luckily I think this sprain was mild compared to TBs and Sling's last ankle injuries
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