Aching ankles!

[farranccc]

I am due to run w7r2 tomorrow but my ankles are a bit painful today. I am desperate to give it a shot but worry I might make it worse. That said, it might resolve itself by the morning...

Any thoughts?

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Set off slower than usual... test the ankles and ease them into it. Any stabbing pains and stop. Feet falling flat will help if you don’t already do that, and focusing on the footfall will distract you from time too. You know you can do the run... just don’t risk injury by ignoring sharp pain. The next run will still be there in a couple of days if you need to stop.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

woman.thenest.com/stretches...

Try these

Also.. relax into your runs.. try to land lightly... I call it kissing the ground with your feet... and start slow.. stay slow. Let the legs find their happy pace

[farranccc in reply to Oldfloss]

Great advice both and thanks for the link - will give these a try before I get started!

[ancientrunner Graduate]

Take it slow - see how it goes.

If you have pain just take another couple of days rest. My ankles used to sometimes feel as if they were made of bone china which was really weird - luckily they didn't shatter!!Must have been a bit of tendonitis.

[farranccc in reply to ancientrunner]

Well I did it! Lots of warm up exercises and seemed to loosen up when I started to run but by the end my ankles and knees (mainly right side) were hurting a lot! Just writing this from a nice warm bath!

I think I will need to wait a few days before I tackle the 25 min run again