Training has officially begun for the 2012 Big Sur International Marathon as of December 26th so it was my first week back after taking a month off. A bit of a slow start as usual with a couple 3 mile runs, one hill workout, and what was supposed to be my first long run yesterday; 10 miles. The ten miles started off better than the 5 mile run the day beforehand which was brutal.
I was planning on running from Seaside to Monterey and meet up with Megan and some friends at Del Monte Beach at 11:00. I had hit my turn around point at the aquarium and started towards the beach when all of a sudden, while passing the Trailside Cafe, I rolled my ankle. All I did was step from the paved bike path onto the gravel aside of it! I went down like a pile of bricks in pain after hearing something pop, feeling something snap, and seeing my entire training season get thrown out the window.
Of course in those milliseconds of thought I was overreacting quite a bit but I didn't know. My ankles are usually quite invincible to rolling them as I've had them literally bounce off the ground before only to roll right back without skipping a beat; but not this time. This time I was on the ground holding my busted ankle unsure of what to do next. Should I run back to the aquarium and call Megan to come pick me up or just walk to the beach? The ankle started feeling a little better right away and I could stand up on it so I untied my shoe, tied it up nice and tight and started my way to the beach. After walking on it for about 3 minutes I decided it was fine enough to run on and that way I'd at least get to the beach quicker, allowing me to get my foot in the brisk 54 degree water.
No swelling had occured by the time I got to the beach so we went out paddleboarding with 5 of our friends but after an hour I had to call it quits and head home. We got home and initiated RICE as the swelling started to kick in a bit. This threw a major wrench into our NYE plans as we had wanted to check out the First Night in Monterey. Instead we ended up going to a friend's place for a few hours and made it back home for the ball to drop.
This morning I've welcomed in the new year by keeping my leg up, compressed, icing occasionally while it is pretty much the nicest day Monterey has seen in forever. While this is a minor setback it will not stop me from my training in the long run; although we'll have to see about my first race of the year, a 10-miler on January 28th.
I'll keep you updated...Happy New Year!
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