Low

Low is what I am feeling tonight. It has been a rough evening. I was planning to go for a run around 5 tonight...my ankle has been hurting pretty much all day but it's been bearable...then around 3:30, it started to hurt worse and it didn't get better. I decided it was best not to run on it this evening, but I am really struggling with it tonight. The pain is annoying, but I can deal with it. It's the training that I am upset about. I have fully committed myself to this marathon, to the fundraising, to Team In Training and I just want to be able to do my training without pain. In the grand scheme of life, I will get through this and I will run the marathon in October, but right now, I am having a tough time. I made this blog to document my journey in all aspects, so I feel it's important for me to remember days like this. I see the chiropractor, Dr. Rob, on Wednesday, so hopefully he will have some more info for what we can do to fix me! I tried to get in tomorrow morning too, but they said I could come in but would have to wait awhile, which I can't do with Teddy in tow. He sat in his stroller for an hour and a half the other day while I saw the Dr. Rob and I just can't do that to him again. Sean made me an ice bath tonight and I tried to put my foot in it a gazillion times, but each time, it was sooooooo freezing, I couldn't stay in! He said it is "mind over matter," but the pain was shooting up my leg! My mom used to do full body ice baths when she trained for her marathon and I have no idea how she did it! It is so COLD! I am going to continue with ice, elevation, compression and Advil tonight and tomorrow and hopefully I will have good news to report here on Wednesday! Meantime, I will stick to spinning since that really doesn't hurt my ankle. No matter how low I feel tonight, I know it could be a billion times worse if I or someone I love, were lying in a hospital, ill with cancer. Instead, I am running for all these people. As one of our mentor's has on his training shirt "Running is a bitch, but Cancer sucks!" So true. This is a minor speed bump on my way to 13.1!

With Love,
Ashley