Abusing My Ankle

Dang it! I tweaked my right ankle today and it’s very tender right now. I’ve already iced it three times and so far getting only temporary relief. It doesn’t hurt like it did when I tore the tendon last October but the pain is in the area where it happened. I hope it’s not the beginnings of a tear. I felt pretty happy when I woke up this morning without any pain in that area but about 45 minutes into a 50 minute run I started to feel like the ankle was being struck by a hammer. I had to limp back home and couldn’t wait to take my shoes off so I can ice the area. At this moment I don’t know if the ankle can even handle a one mile run, much less the 16 miler that’s on the schedule for Saturday. I’ll have to baby the ankle and see how it feels tomorrow and when I wake up on Saturday morning. Terribly disappointing. It might take some miraculous intervention for me to recover so I can make it to Saturday’s run. PTTD (Posterior Tibialis Tendon Disorder) is literally a huge pain in the ankle. It’s the worst running injury that I’ve ever experienced because it doesn’t heal at all and can only get worse. Like the chiropractor said a few weeks ago, you can only try to prolong your running. Have I reached the end of my running life? I pray and hope not yet.