Acute ankle cancer

Runs

4/17- 6 miles
4/18 -0
4/19 - 0 (see below)

During this period of base building, I'm too lazy to wake up any earlier than I already do, to run. Thus I run in the evening. This happens to coincide with family time. One of N's pleasures is going to the park and going on slides, etc. When the weather warms up and the days are longer, we indulge him as often as we can. The side benefit is a tired kid., more apt to sleep through the night. To make this happen and cause the least ripples at home, I have proposed that we pick a park and I run one way, from home to the park and I meet A and N there. I usually start 20-30 minutes earlier. I meet them there, play with N and we drive home together. This has been working fabulously for my runs of 5-6 miles.

On Monday, we chose a park about 5 miles away, despite closer ones. I took a new rout to get there, knowing that I wanted to do 6 miles. As I pass the 3 mile mark, I need to cross a major intersection. I was watching traffic, as I stepped off the sidewalk onto the grass near the traffic light post that has the walk button. My left foot falls into a rut and turns violently. I hear a snap and I have a lot of pain. I try walking on it and I decide not to continue. I had my cell phone (which I don't often run with) and called A at home. She wasn't there. I thought she must have left home. I call her cell, no answer. She often keeps it on silent/vibrate mode. No answer. I'm half way home and half way to my destination. The only logical choice was to walk towards my destination, hoping that A would see me hobbling and pick me up. As I walked across the street, my pain lessened an I felt like I would at least jog. Somehow I ran the remaining 3 miles without a lot of pain and kept my pace. When I got to the park, N was on the slides. B/c of the previous day's rain, his jeans were soaked. It was 49 degrees with a stiff wind, so we decided to come home.

The next morning, I was in a lot of pain. Not much swelling. I actually thought it was fractured. I went into first year med student mode, where I thought every new disease we studied, I had the symptoms of. Plague- yes. Polio- yup. Smallpox- eradicated from the earth- I think not.

Today the pain is almost gone. It hurts with lateral motion , but not with forward motion. I'm taking it easy until Friday or Saturday, when I'll test it again.

I was just getting into a groove.