Week 2 Training Recap

Week two of half marathon training did not go as expected. I ended up injuring my ankle somehow, so the week was overall a light one in regard to training. My best guess is that I twisted my ankle at some point in time last weekend. I don't have any memory of pain or injury of any kind, so the pain and swelling was interesting and unexpected.

So starting on Monday last week I have been religiously icing, taking Motrin and resting as much as possible. This makes for a fairly abysmal step count for the week. But the good news is that my ankle is feeling better today, so with a few more days of light activity, I hope to get back to training.

Recap:

Monday: NROL Stage 3, Workout A. 11,334 steps.

Tuesday: 6x400m. My ankle was sore, but the swelling was minimal, so I ran on it anyway. Bad idea. The run was awesome, but this definitely aggravated the injury. My ankle was very swollen for the rest of the day and hard to walk on. 10,221 steps.

Wednesday: Rest day. I tried to walk on the ankle at lunch just to feel it out, and gave up 15 minutes in. Ice, rest, repeat. 3,283 steps.

Thursday: NROL Stage 3, Workout B. I felt fully capable of lifting on this day, but definitely not running. My FitBit was also a little testy. I probably came in closer to 6 or 7k on steps, but it wasn't counting them for whatever reason. 4,304 steps.

Friday: Rest day. I had a 5k on Saturday and wanted to run it, so I had no interest in pushing myself the day before and further injuring the ankle. 3,549 steps.

Saturday: Angels 5k (race recap coming soon). My ankle was actually feeling okay before the race. It was definitely tender and had I not had a scheduled race, I wouldn't have run on it. But I did have a race, so I ran on it anyway. I ended up keeping a solid pace for miles one and two before succumbing to my injury on mile three. I had to walk a bit, but still came in at the 31 minute mark. Not too bad for running while injured. 11,500 steps.

Sunday: Recovery day. My ankle was fairly swollen after the run and I iced and rested. Worst step count of the week: 1,334 steps.

All in all, I did get most of my training workouts in while managing to keep my step count low and baby that ankle back to health. I think I'm almost there, though I don't intend to run again until Thursday morning. I would really like to get in my six mile run this weekend, so positive vibes for a healed ankle are much appreciated.