Since completing the B2BS Challenge, I can count my runs on one hand. I try not to acknowledge the fact that I’m not only not running, but also not working out. It’s too depressing.
You may, or may not, be aware that I have been struggling with pain in both my ankles. The location of each [left lateral/outside of ankle and right medial/inside of ankle) makes total sense to me given that the post Hwy 1 collapse rerouted the Big Sur course to an out and back course. Subsequently, it was challenging at best to run in the centermost part of the highway to minimize the effect of the cambered road.
Over the past 3 weeks, I’ve gone back and forth on whether the pain warranted x-ray films. Since the pain in the right ankle has been nagging me even before Boston, I suspected that it would be the most likely to be x-rayed of the two. Oh…but they BOTH hurt. Not a lot, mind you, but enough to stop to me from doing anything.
Last night I discovered that even some yoga poses were painfully challenging (if not impossible). I withdrew from my efforts and crawled into my little child’s pose cocoon.