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arg legs so tight

Got 10 miles in yesterday. Felt almost great the whole time. My highest mileage week in a while.

goddammit
just sprained my ankle pretty badly on a rock while jogging
had to hop home with the dog yanking
can't really walk on it
in an ankle brace, raised above my heart, three ibuprofins
trying to borrow crutches
want this to be better in a few weeks
will ice periodically; other suggestions?

Amputation.

Ouch! Bad luck feller :(

aha i know about sprained ankles. do all the ice, keep it raised, get the crutches and should be ok within a few weeks. don't be tempted to stretch it or put too much weight on it and keep it well strapped when you do go out again.

oh and if you can't put any weight on it at all then get to a doctor

Take an anti-inflammatory, too, if you don't mind doing so for 24-48 hours, while the swelling may be higher. I use Naproxen Sodium for such things.

ibuprofen will do the trick too.

Yes. Or heroin.

Er...

xp

that's no fun man, give yourself time & relish sitting about.

jeff's cheery ten miles is awesome

this sucks for lots of reasons, but i just made four appointments to go out over the next week and i'm gonna be hobbling.

jeff's cheery ten miles is awesome

Hope to do this soon!

Your dog will be so mad at you now.

good time for yr palanquin imo, dog can sit on yr lap

First ever run scheduled for the Mall on Saturday with very athletic co-worker who has promised to humour me.

does anyone smoke cigarettes and also run? I am looking for strategies to keep smoking in my life and add running. The internet is not much help in this regard.

Try here:

http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/index.jsp?plckForumPage=ForumDiscussion&plckDiscussionId=Cat%3ARunner+CommunitiesForum%3A960108738Discussion%3A1831059802

RE: Marathon training and smoking
posted at 4/4/2008 5:51 PM CDT

seattlechica
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I smoke (not cigarettes) occasionally, and it doesn't seem to have much of an effect on my running... I'm still taking a break from it for the month before my marathon, which happens to be on 4/20... :D

if i get too good at running i might take up smoking. going through a pack of cigars over a race cld be a dope look/taunt imo, ashing it with a wink as you overtake ppl

http://sporeflections.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/groucho_marx.jpg

fellow was on the bleeding edge

race to the hospital

5 out of my 7 closest friends have now signed up for this half marathon in july, only 1 of which has ever really run before. lol going-on-30-years-old-male bravado.

ankle is feeling notably better; I tried knocking around the city on crutches, which sucks. My underarms are bruised, i have welts on my hands from gripping and my shoulders are sore.
Gonna try walking to the grocery today. I figure i should be able to walk normally again by Tuesday, maybe try a tentative jog by friday next.

that seems very quick- what did the doctor say?

I've been running more, which is great, but I seem to have a small injury now. At first I thought it was just calf soreness, but I think it's radiating up from my left food. Seems to be a pain directly from the bottom of my foot.

doctor didn't say anything; i'm basing my timing on a history of having sprained my ankle regularly for the past twenty years.

fair enough, whenever i manage to do it i'm usually out of any action (running/football) for at least a month

well, given that i keep reinjuring it, i should maybe take it slower.
but the weather's so nice!

first non stop 3 miles. 31 mins. guess i have a target for next time then.

NICE!

that's good going.

half marathon in a week, been running such short distances really careful w/ my knee that I'll be pleased just to finish

i got up this morning all excited about a nice before-work jog and it was SNOWING. it's a lot harder to stomach snow after a 60 degree week.

my exact position is that we shouldnt be surprised abt the notion that there are people who feel themselves to be without gender, but I do feel that we should be pretty happy at the prospect of a minor stepping stone in the rights of trans ppl (also we shouldnt really be treating this like its some sort of curiosity, bc thats a bit gross tbh)

I think you're running away from the core issue.

hahaha trans ppl be joggin

plaxico otm

Did you still go for a run La Lechera?

i didn't :(
i couldn't find my pants and it was pitch dark and the wet sloppy rain just made me crawl back into bed. tomorrow though, if it stops snowing. i'm ok with cold, but wind/slop is just over the line.

I'm using the weather as an excuse to rest my ailing foot.

jus did 7.7 my doggs, crossed into n hampshire, lived so free

uh maybe that last post was on the wrong thread

maybe it wasn't?

first non stop 3 miles. 31 mins. guess i have a target for next time then.

― DarraghmacKwacz (darraghmac), 20 March 2010 19:09 (2 days ago)

29:05 last night. :)

sorry to blog, but it's a big help to have somewhere to post 'achievements' (punctuation runner's own) with witnesses, keeps me pushign for next time.

BTW anyone see the Eddie Izzard program about his marathon running? Missed it here, need to fire up the iPlayer in the next couple of days...

― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), 06 March 2010 23:35 (2 weeks ago)

saw part 4 of this last night- it was jaw dropping. can't say enough how impressed i was by him.

how did you start running? as a 32 and a bit year old couch potato with a sedentary job, I'm slightly afraid I might kill myself, or that I'll just look stoopid.

i'll post it again: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-380-381-386-9397-0,00.html

i'm 34 and not at all athletic. you will not look stupid. START SLOW.

29:05 last night. :)

*applauds ferociously*

saw part 4 of this last night- it was jaw dropping. can't say enough how impressed i was by him.

I know, it was phenomenal. Just goes to show you what you can achieve just by being intensely stubborn and possibly a bit nuts.