Ok so I haven’t been able to update, my Lappy is still messed up.  Will be fixed this weekend. 

This morning I did a test run.  I am sooooo glad I went out and hit the pavement despite my ankle still bothering me.  It was necessary!  I have a  mandatory race on Sunday (that’s right, if I don’t complete this 5 miler, I’ll be ejected from the series!) and this run let me know one major problem I am going to face: quite obviously, my ankle. 

Right before I hit that mile mark, I noticed I was running funny.  Like a little gangsta with his pants around his knees type of funny.  I stopped running and noticed my ankle wrap was killing me!  So I knew I had to stop and walked back to the car and as soon a I sit down, my ankle starts to feel like it’s on fire.  The very bottom of my foot was where the worst pain was located.  But I found a solution:  A golf ball and vasoline.  I slathered my foot in vaseline and set the golf ball on the floor so I could roll the bottom of my foot around on it.  Turns out this is great for loosening up those muscles in the bottom of your foot. 

My ankle feels a little better.  I am about to prop it up right now and ice it down.  Let’s hope on Sunday I can complete the entire 5 miles and not just the first one.