My Friggen Ankle

Since the start of the year, I have been trying to squeeze in more cardio. I started by going to the track at my college and walking around that. I picked up my speed and pushed myself. My first major mistake was doing this in a worn pair of walking shoes. Got a callous across pretty much the entire ball of my right foot and what looked like a deep bruise across the left one. Could barely walk for a week. Broke down and stopped by New Balance and dropped $200.00 on a fitted pair of running shoes. Problem solved.

Next I started doing 30/90 intervals pushing myself as hard as I could and that's where the second problem occurred. After a particularly hard run I noticed a twinge in my left ankle. I thought it was trouble and I was right because though I didn't feel it that night the next day I felt it big time. I'd twisted the sucker. Now I figured this be three days of soaking, wrapping, and staying off of it however it stung for a month. I did no running or walking at the track during this time. Two weeks after I felt no pain I decided to try the track again. Slowly. Didn't push hard. No running. Just walked brisk for 4 miles. Next day I felt a twinge. Its STILL injured. What do I have to do to make this thing heal proper? I've never had an injury linger this long before.