Ow.
So, Tuesday, Mama stentoriansista and I went for a run out in the drizzle in Virginia Beach. I got about 2 and a half minutes into a jog before I twisted my left ankle pretty badly. And, of course, once you have badly twisted an ankle on a jogging trail, you have to walk the mile and a bit back to the car to get home. In what was now the rain.
So, we got back to the house, I got back to the room stentoriansista and I were sharing and I got into some dry clothes and had a good cry. Because my ankle hurt and dammit, I was disappointed! I was supposed to run in the Turkey Trot in two days! I'd worked really hard for it and I was looking forward to the race which I couldn't run because I couldn't put weight on my ankle.
So, it's been healing just fine. I can walk pretty much normally, though it tends to hurt quite a bit. I called my nurse advice line with my health care and they said it's pretty much normal and to continue to keep it elevated, ice and have advil appropriately. Obviously, I can't exercise the way I used to for a while, but since I don't want to get out of the habit, I thought I'd swim for exercise for the next couple of weeks.
But dammit, none of the Arlington County Parks & Recreation Fitness Centers have pools attached. And they're not a part of the gym system so it'd be a separate payment. Plus half the fun of doing this is that stentoriansista and I would both go to the gym at the same time. We could probably do TC Williams instead, but still... dammit ArCo, you're messing with my plans.
So, we got back to the house, I got back to the room stentoriansista and I were sharing and I got into some dry clothes and had a good cry. Because my ankle hurt and dammit, I was disappointed! I was supposed to run in the Turkey Trot in two days! I'd worked really hard for it and I was looking forward to the race which I couldn't run because I couldn't put weight on my ankle.
So, it's been healing just fine. I can walk pretty much normally, though it tends to hurt quite a bit. I called my nurse advice line with my health care and they said it's pretty much normal and to continue to keep it elevated, ice and have advil appropriately. Obviously, I can't exercise the way I used to for a while, but since I don't want to get out of the habit, I thought I'd swim for exercise for the next couple of weeks.
But dammit, none of the Arlington County Parks & Recreation Fitness Centers have pools attached. And they're not a part of the gym system so it'd be a separate payment. Plus half the fun of doing this is that stentoriansista and I would both go to the gym at the same time. We could probably do TC Williams instead, but still... dammit ArCo, you're messing with my plans.