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Friday, November 04, 2005
Tomorrow's races
I'm ready to test out my ankle. I turned it three weeks ago tomorrow. I'll test it with, if things go ok, two races tomorrow. PTOC is hosting two events, a day event followed a few hours later by a night race.
I was thinking about ankle injuries when I was riding my bike trainer in the basement tonight. I've got a TV in the basement (which helps pass the time on the trainer) and was watching ESPN. I saw a report about Shaq turning his ankle. They showed the replay. Shaq came down and twisted his ankle. Ouch. The headlines say Shaq is going to be out 2-4 weeks. If Shaq can be back in 2-4 weeks, I ought to be able to be back in 3.
In the three weeks since I hurt my ankle, I've done a bit of cycling and leg strength exercises, but I've only run 6 times (four of those runs were easy jogging of between 10 and 15 minutes). Yesterday I ran continuously for 40 minutes and felt pretty good.
The plan for tomorrow is to mix jogging/walking on each leg of the day course. I'll begin by walking any rough terrain. If everything goes ok, I'll think about jogging the night course. Of course, I'll be wearing an active ankle and, if things don't go well, I'm prepared to quit the course.
posted by Michael |
8:10 PM
