Ice ice baby

[Cliff_H]

Not even running related per se. I did a really good 7.5k just over a week ago, nice and fast and a nice sprint for the last half a k... all was well until last Monday when I had a two day work event in Ipswich... my choice of footwear was my ratty old Merrill walking shoes, did about an hour of walking as part of the commute and ended up limping I the end of it.

By time I got back late last Tuesday my ankle was quite painful and to top it all I had a rotten cold. Cut to Saturday and after a week of inactivity other than a gentle 3k light jog on the treadmill I decided that the ankle had receded to a niggle and the cold was just a light sniffle and I was more than ready for a parkrun.

I did the parkrun and had lots of energy left, even did a 5:38 split on the last KM... fast forward a couple of hours and the cold had reminded me it was there by shrinking my lungs to the size of a walnut and my ankle was not performing well under load.

I’m doing this weekends park run for Leukaemia as part of a work initiative to get people doing C25k and completing 50 parkruns and I may have to walk it☹️

... feeing sorry for myself with my foot up and ice on the offending ankle.

[Decker]

Sorry to hear about the ankle Cliff. Sounds like you smashed that 7.5k though! Here’s hoping that you are back in business for your weekend run!

[misswobble Graduate10]

Oh rotten ‘ell! Grrrr! Don’t overdo things is the message! Being on the injury bench sucks. Ice is fantastic treatment though! Ice it as much as poss. Don’t have your leg straight out in front of you, bend it down a bit As you get strained calves to add to your woes

Take care! 🙂

[Tomas Graduate10]

Oh, that doesn't sound good. You did great, but give that ankle some TLC.

Be careful with the ice though. It's great for numbing the pain and bringing the inflamation down. The pain is there to stop you doing stupid things which would make things worse, and the inflamation is there to speed of the healing.

[Neverrunbefore64]

Wish you a speedy recovery, will think of you as I do my first parkrun in Ipswich this Saturday.

[ancientrunner Graduate10]

Oh, hope that clears up soon.

[MarkyD Graduate10]

Ipswich, eh? The only town in East Anglia with a football team 😏

Sounds like the ankle needs a good rest.

[Anniemurph Graduate10]

Shoes seem to be a constant problem, whether running or other I hope your ankle feels better soon and you can do your Parkrun.

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

take care and I hope it improves