Injured :(

On Saturday I accomplished a really great goal but it turns out that I also injured myself. It was quite odd because I didn’t even know I was hurt until the following day. When I ran, I do remember stumbling a couple of times on the pavement but I didn’t think it was a big deal. I was surprised when I woke up Sunday morning with a sore ankle. This has been my biggest fear since day 1 so I’m kind of freaking out. It would be really disappointing to not be able to run or meet a goal because you are hurt. I haven’t been to a doctor because I don’t think it’s that severe but I have diagnosed myself with having a high ankle sprain. I think it’s a mild injury and if I take some time off and recover, I should be back to normal soon. But honestly I have no idea what to expect. I know that time off is very important for me right now but it’s so hard to take time off when you know you should be training. It just kills me that this has happened but I’m trying to tell myself that things like this happen especially when you are running as much as I have been so I need to be responsible and handle it as best as I know how. RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation will help speed healing so I have started trying to follow these steps. The sooner I am healed the better! Please pray for my speedy recovery!

The day I made 500 miles

500

Saturday July 24th I met my goal of 500 miles so far in 2010. 500 was a big goal of mine because it seems to reflect how hard I’ve been training this year. I never in a million years guessed I could have ran that much in 7 months. I’m the type of person who does better when I track my progress and have specific goals so for me tracking my mileage has really kept me accountable. Plus I enjoy seeing how much I’ve ran each week. I’m so glad that I started counting my miles from the beginning. It’s nice to know how far I’ve come. I would love to run 1000 miles in one year. I think that would be really neat but I don’t think this is the year since I only have 5 months left and I’m not going to push myself too hard to meet a silly personal goal. Someday...