I sprained an ankle one month ago today. Not a horrible sprain, but I did feel some tearing, and had a 2" long bruise on the outside of my heel a few days later. I've been meaning to post an update since then but.....
I tried to do a couple of easy 5k runs around 2 weeks after the sprain. The 1st was ok, but after the 2nd my ankle was quite sore. At that point I abandoned thoughts of a September half marathon.
I got my bicycle out of the basement, and figured I'd need to use this to maintain some level of conditioning. My commute to work is 21 km each way, so between my 1st route finding ride and twice to work last week I cycled close to 120 km last week. Not bad, since I hadn't ridden in about 2 years!
I also did an 8.5 km run on Sunday, at around a steady state pace. My ankle was a bit sore towards the end, but was ok the next day. So, there seems to be a bit of improvement there, and hopefully in about a month I can be back to a normal schedule.
I got my bicycle out of the basement, and figured I'd need to use this to maintain some level of conditioning. My commute to work is 21 km each way, so between my 1st route finding ride and twice to work last week I cycled close to 120 km last week. Not bad, since I hadn't ridden in about 2 years!
I also did an 8.5 km run on Sunday, at around a steady state pace. My ankle was a bit sore towards the end, but was ok the next day. So, there seems to be a bit of improvement there, and hopefully in about a month I can be back to a normal schedule.
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