Torn Ligaments

As most of you know I have been training to run the Seattle half marathon. I was so excited about this. I had been running 8-81/2 minute miles during training so I had high hopes for Seattle. I was hoping to run it in an hour and fifty minutes or better. While I ran a half marathon in Austin in April and during that run my ankle swelled up, but I still was able to hold a good pace (1:56:45). I did not want to go to the doctor so I stayed off my foot for 2 weeks and iced it, hoping it would get better. I ran and it swelled up again. I finally broke down and went to the doctor. He said I had torn ligaments and could not run for 6 weeks. I was devestated. He told me I could cycle and Swim. I was so depressed I did almost nothing. My six weeks were up about 2 weeks ago. It took me a year to get in great running shape and took me six weeks to get out of shape. That is so not fair. I am still running the Seattle half marathon this coming Saturday. I will have to just do the best I can, but 13.1 miles all of a sudden seems like a long ways to go! The moral to my story is to go to the doctor right away when you have an injury and still workout, even if it is not what you want to do. Hopefully all those running Nike Womens have started training. Cant wait to see you all there!!