Perth Marathon 
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Perth Marathon
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Wanneroo Nationals 8km Walk 1989,
week 1 the ankle injury report
Update Sunday night;
definite improvement in the ankle the last few days...had the strapping redone to protect it for meter reading work again this week...If It goes ok on a test run Thursday, I may consider JG 10k track, but fairly slight chance at this stage maybe better to leave out any racing for a few more weeks...see how it goes...
UPDATE Tuesday night;
-well today the medial soreness seems to have disappeared, so maybe the icepack last night did the job once and for all.
-lateral soreness still there but greatly improved.
-moving much more freely and having much longer painfree moments at work...as a result was able to knock off a round today in under 5 hours and walk fast all the way...
So still some problems but major improvement today. praise God.
20th October Monday morning;
-more than a week after Melbourne Marathon 2008 (in which I splitted 10k (48.58--08 50.00--07) more than a minute faster than in 2007, and splitted 20km more than 5 minutes faster(1.46--2008, 1.51--2007) than in 2007 despite walking most of 11k-12k and only starting to run at decent pace from 18k-20k...) my ankle has settled a lot, the swelling has gone a lot, and I am walking around with mostly no pain, and almost normal walking movement back.
-my Dad strapped and bandaged it up firmly on Friday night, so that I can reduce how often I re-bruise it especially during meter reading work. Seems to be working well, and am only getting stabs of pain when I position it wrongly or stand on very uneven ground, walk for too long without a rest. So starting to make significant progress on the healing process I think.
-ideally I should stay in bed, and get around the house on crutches, but I have bills to pay, family to care for, and meter reading work to do, so can't take that route for at least a few weeks, by which time I hope it will have healed up anyway, just have to be patient for now.
Paid a visit to RWCWA trophy day yesterday, caught up with a few of the Racewalking people. It was good. My wife Kathryn and son Jacob also came and Jacob especially had a lot of fun there.
So for now I am concentrating on getting meter reading work done, trying to get ankle right and stabilise/re-invigorate ailing finance recovery in our household after the recession brought on via the "credit crisis" of Melbourne marathon (especially way more taxi fares than I anticipated, and Dunsborough mini-holiday as well, = not working = a week without pay, which I did anticipate)...
As our local "Phillips economy and flagging shares" start to pick up, kickstart, hope to start some swimming,cycling and hiking to get the brain ticking over, although the main focus is getting the ankle right now. Once the ankle comes good (assuming no bone damage, or other serious long term issues), I will be easing back into some light running, and lining up some races to attack hopefully, although thats starting to look like late October at earliest (John Gilmour 10k track the obvious candidate), or more likely December or January. My chances of running 6 inch 45km in December are not looking good, although won't rule it out totally yet, depends how well we recover and how soon I am able to get some long runs going again...
So hopefully some better blogging news to report next weekend...
definite improvement in the ankle the last few days...had the strapping redone to protect it for meter reading work again this week...If It goes ok on a test run Thursday, I may consider JG 10k track, but fairly slight chance at this stage maybe better to leave out any racing for a few more weeks...see how it goes...
UPDATE Tuesday night;
-well today the medial soreness seems to have disappeared, so maybe the icepack last night did the job once and for all.
-lateral soreness still there but greatly improved.
-moving much more freely and having much longer painfree moments at work...as a result was able to knock off a round today in under 5 hours and walk fast all the way...
So still some problems but major improvement today. praise God.
20th October Monday morning;
-more than a week after Melbourne Marathon 2008 (in which I splitted 10k (48.58--08 50.00--07) more than a minute faster than in 2007, and splitted 20km more than 5 minutes faster(1.46--2008, 1.51--2007) than in 2007 despite walking most of 11k-12k and only starting to run at decent pace from 18k-20k...) my ankle has settled a lot, the swelling has gone a lot, and I am walking around with mostly no pain, and almost normal walking movement back.
-my Dad strapped and bandaged it up firmly on Friday night, so that I can reduce how often I re-bruise it especially during meter reading work. Seems to be working well, and am only getting stabs of pain when I position it wrongly or stand on very uneven ground, walk for too long without a rest. So starting to make significant progress on the healing process I think.
-ideally I should stay in bed, and get around the house on crutches, but I have bills to pay, family to care for, and meter reading work to do, so can't take that route for at least a few weeks, by which time I hope it will have healed up anyway, just have to be patient for now.
Paid a visit to RWCWA trophy day yesterday, caught up with a few of the Racewalking people. It was good. My wife Kathryn and son Jacob also came and Jacob especially had a lot of fun there.
So for now I am concentrating on getting meter reading work done, trying to get ankle right and stabilise/re-invigorate ailing finance recovery in our household after the recession brought on via the "credit crisis" of Melbourne marathon (especially way more taxi fares than I anticipated, and Dunsborough mini-holiday as well, = not working = a week without pay, which I did anticipate)...
As our local "Phillips economy and flagging shares" start to pick up, kickstart, hope to start some swimming,cycling and hiking to get the brain ticking over, although the main focus is getting the ankle right now. Once the ankle comes good (assuming no bone damage, or other serious long term issues), I will be easing back into some light running, and lining up some races to attack hopefully, although thats starting to look like late October at earliest (John Gilmour 10k track the obvious candidate), or more likely December or January. My chances of running 6 inch 45km in December are not looking good, although won't rule it out totally yet, depends how well we recover and how soon I am able to get some long runs going again...
So hopefully some better blogging news to report next weekend...
posted by trailblazer777 | 10/20/2008 05:59:00 am
4 Comments:
At least you're able to work, which is good for the credit card debt.
The 10k track sounds like a good one. Just see how you go with the recovery. Good luck!
Gee, those things take a while to heal don't they.
Best to double check with somebody who knows what they are talking about, but I heard recently that once you've damaged your ankle once it makes it that much easier to do again and so strengthening exercises really help to prevent reoccurance, stuff like balancing on one leg on a bosu or similar contraption.
Thanks for the kind comments tesso and Ewen. Please keep 'em coming.
Problem is that I am not really doing the ideal recovery things, and I can't cos I gotta work to eat and pay the rent, for us all.
I swore off credit cards years ago, only use debit cards.
Its just that when you are a casual employee and you dont work for a week, and are living from pay to pay, it makes things hard for a week or so.
Ive twisted my ankles badly many times before but I think this is by far the worst one. My brother had one of these boards you stand on to strengthen ankle in his basketball days, might have to grab one of those, but just have to take it easy see how it goes, most of all be patient....
Continue with the RICE treatment (rest-ice-compression-elevation). Make sure you ice your legs as often as you can especially. I like to use paper/plastic coffee cups, fill 'em with water, freeze, peel the top part to ice the legs.
Good luck with the recovery & financials.
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