btchance
05-03-2006, 08:58 AM
Why do they happen at the worst time possible? I am doing my first triathlon on May 27th, and of course, this weekend I twisted my ankle while running. Before this happened, my body had finally decided to accept this foreign thing called running, and I have finally been able to get up to 5 miles and feeling like I could go some more, instead of 3mi and wanting to die at the end.
Anyways, this weekend about 1.5 mile into a 4 mile run, I rolled my ankle pretty bad, but since it was just a dull ache, I went a head and finished up my run. It started to get a little worse that night, so I took an Aleve, iced it, and wrapped it. Monday morning it was still sore, but by that night it felt fine and has since then. I figured it would be fine to go and bike today, but boy was I wrong. I was going great, making better time than I had in a while and having a relatively easy time with first hills, which were mainly of the short and steep variety where I stand up and sprint over. A little later, on one of the long hills that I spin up, my ankle started to get a little sore. The next hill like that, it was pretty bad. I decided to cut the ride short and headed back, had to go in much lower gears, and even with that, I ended up doing a 3 mile one legged drill at the end. And of course, the ankle that I hurt is the stronger one.
I just had to let out a little frustration here, I just don't have time for this. But I'm taking my bike in for it's tune up today so I can keep myself off it for a few days while I heal. Now I just have to hide the running shoes and keep the swim suit in site.
Anyways, this weekend about 1.5 mile into a 4 mile run, I rolled my ankle pretty bad, but since it was just a dull ache, I went a head and finished up my run. It started to get a little worse that night, so I took an Aleve, iced it, and wrapped it. Monday morning it was still sore, but by that night it felt fine and has since then. I figured it would be fine to go and bike today, but boy was I wrong. I was going great, making better time than I had in a while and having a relatively easy time with first hills, which were mainly of the short and steep variety where I stand up and sprint over. A little later, on one of the long hills that I spin up, my ankle started to get a little sore. The next hill like that, it was pretty bad. I decided to cut the ride short and headed back, had to go in much lower gears, and even with that, I ended up doing a 3 mile one legged drill at the end. And of course, the ankle that I hurt is the stronger one.
I just had to let out a little frustration here, I just don't have time for this. But I'm taking my bike in for it's tune up today so I can keep myself off it for a few days while I heal. Now I just have to hide the running shoes and keep the swim suit in site.