Back on Dec 24, after a good 5 mile run, I started to experience a bad pain in my foot. It hadn’t been 100% leading up to then, but I kept running on it, as I was trying to build up from my sciatica in the summer and prepare for a March marathon. I was diagnosed with a bone bruise, to go with the plantar fasciitis I already knew I had.
I kept my hopes up for a quick recovery, but it was not meant to be. In fact, I’ve learned the hard way that ankle injuries take time to heal. Mine was not serious at all, but I am almost five months into it now, and only finally feeling like I can start to really work the run again.
This is the first week I’ve run more than once in the week, and on Wednesday I ran a 5k race in Riverside Park. It was my first race since December, and only my 2nd since last May.
I’m very happy to be running again, able to do short races, and start to plan ahead for some races again. I do have to be careful, because my plantar fasciitis is not fully better, and I know from prior experience with that persistent injury that it can take many months to fully recover from.
So, for now, I’ll be content with short runs to start building some strength, and PF willing, will start to build up my distance and runs per week, in the coming months.
Tomorrow is the Red Bank Triathlon, which is hopefully the last in a string of races I had signed up for, but would be unable to run due to injury. Hopefully I’ll soon be able to solidify some fall and winter race plans, and stay healthy enough to run them!
