Your Neck of the Woods?

First off... some music to set the mood so you will tell me what I want to know...

Now. The Sean is still riding in place and lifting weights with no real "work" accomplished... but feeling better all of the time and the ankle continues to tempt his running spirit. So far The Sean has held out and stuck to his guns (If you don't count jogging around with his dogs and calculating yardage completed while doing so. About 327 yards if you are wondering, which is not zero.).

No pity party here. The Sean has his running memories to tempt him forward on to great things in the future even if a bike in a basement is the only place to be headed for now. There is a larger plan at stake here!

Summer fun with IMTR (L-R): The Sean, Rob, Rick   (Photo: Beth M.)

Enough of that though. What are YOU doing as we reach the midpoint of  January 2012. Sticking to your New Plan? Revamping your fitness? Excited for the Trials this weekend? Or, are you actually racing!!!!

Whatever the case, The Sean would love to hear about it so, dish it out!! Here's your chance to gush endlessly about yourself, no apology needed either. The Sean will even read the entire comment without checking his Facebook. 

Leave a comment. 

Left Out of the Cold

A left ankle has left me on the sidelines.

http://www.scoi.com/anklanat.htm

Ever since the attempt at Table Rock 50 some two weeks ago I have been hobbling about my surroundings like a first time marathoner. At first I was just sore... intensely so. Then, as is customary, the pain subdued like the sea and left behind the grit of the sand. This grit has collected in my medial ankle joint and has caused pretty severe and long lasting acute pains in the ankle deltoid ligaments (4).

Each night I rest in bed thinking tomorrow is the miracle morning when I stand on stiff legs to water the pups and am not rudely stabbed with the pain stick. To this point this morning has not come.

I thought everything was on track with my recovery. Then I had the bright idea 5 days ago to go out for a quick 30 minutes. Right away I was feeling stiffness... but hoping to work it out I kept on and reached a mile, things were a little better, not worse, and I was now running on soft grass... so no problem. Right.

This morning I woke up again, resigned to the morning hobble but hoping again that I would be cleared to join tonight's IMTR Group Run in Demascus. No luck. I decided to pass on the dose of ibuprofen to prevent later poor decision making.

So here I am, thinking that finally I am getting better. Thinking that I could run tonight, thinking tomorrow morning would be a good time to start. With 25 days until Weymouth 100k I am feeling a bit apprehensive about that run within the framework of my lack of training and jamming in what I can for now...

Anybody have any magic running pills?