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January 8, 2009
Aqua Jogging Fun
Well I must have some somewhat rotten luck these days as I have sprained my second ankle in two months! I really should figure out how to put photos on my blog (or I guess I should get a digital camera and post photos on facebook), the bruising on my feet in the last two months has been pretty awesome! And by awesome I mean pretty gross.
I have lucked out this time as the last time I sprained an ankle I had to go on vacation (I know, poor me) and could not bike, aqua jog in a pool, or ice. At home I have many bicycles at my disposal and I can aqua jog to my heart's content! I was still super bummed when it happened as it did not seem fair to get two sprains in two months, and I will not lie - I did have a good cry over it! Sprained ankles can be very frustrating as I always seem to mess up the tendons on the inside of my ankle and that makes running difficult for a while. Even though I have always been a runner, it is actually not my strongest sport - for some reason I am a better cyclist than a runner! - so I get super worried about losing running fitness since I am not awesome at running to begin with. Luckily I have been aqua jogging for every run and it has not been too bad so far. I sprained it last Saturday and I think I'll be running again by next Saturday so that is not awful.
The weirdest thing about an ankle situation is how much it slows down my swimming! I did a tempo swim this morning and usually I can consistently swim 50's (meters) in about 50 seconds. Today I was struggling to hit 58 seconds! I do feel that my arms are getting stronger since I'm only kicking and pushing off with one leg. Ultimately maybe it will make me a faster swimmer!
I have not been up for updating my blog much since my latest injury since I am so annoyed but I am going to try to be better, what with the near year and all. I have some pretty exciting goals for this year, so hopefully I will be writing about some fun races!
One thing I did want to write about is that I did my first tempo ride on my very own trainer last night. I was so excited!! Not that a trainer is the most exciting purchase but I was pretty happy to have one of my very own. I put my heart rate monitor on my handle bars and cranked out a good amount of time at very close to my target heart rate which was a fun challenge. It made the time go by pretty quickly so that was nice!
And now I am off to get back on the trainer for an easy ride and to catch up on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model, how fun!
Posted by barb at January 8, 2009 2:44 PM
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I hope the ankle feels better soon!!! Bummer - but better to happen now than later on. Get all the ankle turning out of your system! :)
Posted by: Beth at January 9, 2009 10:13 AM