I’m still running. Believe it or now, what with everything that is going on, I am still hitting the road for miles in hoping for being ready for Honolulu in December.
It’s going only OK. I am running at night, almost exclusively at or after midnight. And I am trying along the side of the roads — and once a week, at least, stepping on the edge, rolling my ankle, and hurting it. My ankles are in pretty bad shape right now. I can still lace up and running straight on ‘em, but rotational stuff hurts some. They’ll bounce back. I just need more moonlight.
But it does sort of kill the pace. Week 2, which included a 7 mile run in which I rolled my ankle in the first quarter mile, had me averaging 9 minute miles for the week. This week, when I again rolled my ankle, my weekly average pace was 8:42. I need to stop rolling my ankles.
Anyway, it’s good to run. It’s good to have a training plan. It’s good to be out on the open roads again. This coming week will close with a 9 mile run — the distances are getting respectable again. Maybe by then my sleep pattern will return to something considered more normal, too.
August 30th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
adds “rolling ankles while running” to the list of things covered by the old family rule, “Don’t do dumb things!”
August 31st, 2009 at 3:09 am
Did you see this in the NY Times about running (nearly) barefoot… http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/business/30shoe.html?scp=1&sq=running%20shoes&st=cse
September 5th, 2009 at 5:43 am
Active Ankles (http://www.activeankle.com/ ). I had the same problem with volleyball, and I’ve gone 7 years without a problem.