Ankle injury

[R2Bears]

I'm having a time of my life. I'm camping at a quiet small town. I woke up early to run. I start along a beautiful creek, I see a hot air balloon going up in a distance, what a beautiful morning. I go under a road bridge, cross old swing bridge, go up to a look out point (almost) getting hot and sweaty. I'm feeling great! I dicede not to go back to the creek way, there were a couple other campers there and I don't want to wake them up. I run on the road, there is not much traffic with wide shoulder. I see a head light coming towards me. The car looks bigger than normal, maybe a truck? Running on the shoulder may not be safe. There is wide ditch next to it so why not go across to the other side of the ditch. CRACK! I'm rolling on the grass screaming.

Lessen learnt: Do not cross a ditch DIAGNOLLY.

I fractured my ankle and was in cast with crutches for 2 weeks and now I'm told to wear the moon boot for the next 4 weeks. 😮‍💨

This is the first time I stopped running since I started C25K in August last yer. First week, I was looking at every running individual with evil green eyes. Now I'm getting rather too comfortable. I'm contemplating restarting the program once I'm out of this boot. I will see what physio says.

I know it's only a small setback. I just wanted to whinge a bit. It was such a beautiful morning 😭

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💜mend quickly you'll be back before you know it 👍

[R2Bears Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Thank you, I will be back 😊

[Instructor57 Graduate]

Oh dear !As you say , it's a setback and you will return 👍

Love the picture ( I used to have a hotair balloon) 😁

[Vespina Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Ok, I need details. How on earth do you get into hot air ballooning? I know people do it but it doesn’t seem a particularly simple hobby to start.

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Vespina]

I used to work for Per Lindstrand (Balloon manufacturer) who flew the Atlantic and Pacific in a balloon with Richard Branson and I bought a balloon when I worked for him. You need to gain a pilot's licence for balloons which I did many years ago

This was my Balloon

[Vespina Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Amazing! That is a very cool balloon.

[R2Bears Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Thank you, it sounds cool!

[Yesletsgo Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

I spent 3 months working for a hot air ballooning company in Sydney, happy days 😁

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Yesletsgo]

Sounds good ! 👍My ballooning was certainly great times 😁

I actually worked on Airships for the company and spent time in Puerto Rico and Texas , building and servicing them , great times

[Vespina Graduate]

Oh no! What a terrible end to a wonderful run up to that point. I think I would definitely be feeling a lot more sorry for myself than you are.

Take care, rest up and remember those envious feelings to get you back out the door. You’ll be back to running soon and c25k is a great way to do that. Get well soon.

[R2Bears Graduate in reply to Vespina]

Well, I try to sound cool, yes I will remind myself of those feelings to get myself out there..eventually 😢

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

That’s a horrid thing to happen, heal well

[R2Bears Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you!

[Liono Graduate]

How frustrating, you are perfectly entitled to whinge a bit! I hope the healing goes smoothly and you are back to it before long x

[R2Bears Graduate in reply to Liono]

Thank you, I will let my husband know 😆

[MrsLydiaWickham Graduate]

😪 Get well soon. Moon boots are the latest fashion. Colleen Rooney has rocked that look all week 😀

[R2Bears Graduate in reply to MrsLydiaWickham]

Thank you, thr moon boot is a million times better than the cast, I'm not complaining 😁

[nowster Graduate]

Oh no! Definitely lean on your physio for advice on how best to get back into things. They'll definitely want you to be active, but how active is the important thing.

[R2Bears Graduate in reply to nowster]

Thank you, I will check it out with physio before attempting something myself and making things worse. Can't wait!

[Sybilw Graduate]

Better out than in they say - I CERTAINLY do when I’m complaining. I’m on a restart after a longer break (sorry - not your kind) so you’ll find you can probably pick and choose how close you follow the plan. I skipped a few early ones. Good luck

[R2Bears Graduate in reply to Sybilw]

Thank you, I will be joining the group of C25k restarter. What a wonderful program❤️

[Sybilw Graduate in reply to R2Bears]

It’s magic!