today, i traversed a total of five miles.  traverse =/= jog/run.  let me tell you the story.  so  we started off thinking we were going to do the full five miles.  N planned the route, i had mentally prepared myself all week.  about 1.5 miles in, i rolled my ankle.  N was tad bit behind me because of people on the sidewalk and tried to hold me up by the waist, but once i was down, i was down.  i rolled my ankle and pretty much just sat down on the floor because the shock of the pain was so surprising to me.  i sat for a bit while the adrenaline kicked in and numbed the pain but i knew that it would be a bit of an injury.  but since we were already 1.5 miles in, and i was oblivious to it and thought i was much further than that, i said that we were already so close and i wanted to keep going.  so i probably ran another mile and a half and walked two miles.

while on the one hand i’m proud of myself that i kept going because usually during a dance team double days work out i would use the excuse to stop and feign more injury than necessary, i feel that in this situation, it would have been better to stop and take a break and try for the five miles some other day.  yet, i was so determined to complete fives miles on this particular friday that i pushed myself to a bit of a swollen ankle.

i don’t think i’ve broken anything and i think a little R&R will do it some good but let this be a lesson learned that pushing your body comes in small increments.  jumping from 3 to 5 miles may have been just a bit too ambitious for me and 5 miles seems to be my milestone mark.  once i can run that comfortably, i’ll be really proud of myself.

until then, cheers to my ankle healing.

total mileage: 11 miles (traversed)