Still not running

When I tried a Thursday Night Hill session, a month after the Bangor 10k in which I made an ankle niggle worse, I came to regret it. My ankle was not amused the next day. So I rested it again. And most of my exercise had to, again, come from my commute, but I even added some weekend biking to not lose my shape too much.

How long would it take for my ankle to accept running again? I really hoped that it would be short. I was conscientiously doing my exercises. And the first Thursday after the ill-advised running session I was in the Peak District anyway. Could I run the week after?

On the Wednesday morning, before breakfast, I gave it a go. I wanted to do my short loop to see how it would go. But I only was a few hundred metres in when I decided that this wasn't much of a success. I could so feel my angle again! So I kept the loop to only 2 km. And I could still feel my ankle the rest of the day. And the next day.

I don't know how long this will take! But I do think it would be wise to play the long game. No full-scale running until my ankle is okay with it. I'm really not enjoying this! But it probably will be the quickest way out of this…

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