"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

My foot looks horrible.  Seriously any tips for a sprained ankle?  I iced it several times the first 24 hours, did warm Epsom salt followed by ice on Fri.  Sat my workout seemed to reduce some of the swelling, but when I sat for a while in the afternoon the swelling got worse.  When church ended today it was just as swollen as Fri/Sat!  I just did more epsom salt.  Maybe I need to keep it elevated?  This is so frustrating.  About 80% of my ankle and foot is black and blue!  Really black and blue!

30 min bike.  Thought I could probably run, but becided to do one more cross train day so I can get in a good workout tomorrow.  Hamstring almost better.

10 miles with Melanie and Emily.  Ran from my house to Orem High track, 6 x 800 meters, ran back home.  My thermometer sais 25 degrees, but the wind was blowing so hard it felt like 10 degrees and my times showed it, 3:00, 3:02, 3:02, 3:02, 3:02, and 3:05.  I started laughing when I saw the last one, because I felt like I was going so hard and still being so slow.  My calves were also really tight.

At lunch time I was encouraged because my hamstring felt so good.  It didn't bother me at all on the run and wasn't acting up one bit.  I was in the process of emptying the dishwasher in the afternoon when the phone rang and I spent about 20 min in the office.  As I walked around the corner of my island in my kitchen I forgot I left he dishwasher open and tripped on it.  As I fell I thought, "If I land on this door I'll break it right off."  Not wanting to purchase a new dishwasher I put my hands out for the floor and tried my best to avoid it.  I hit my knee on the corner of the open dishwasher door as I fell and landed on my side on the floor.  As I lay on the ground with my hands on my knee, tears coming to my eyes and breathing like I was having a baby I thought, "If I can't run because of this I'm going to be so mad."  Then I thought, "I'm glad I swept the floor this morning."  Then I realized it felt a little sticky where my face was on the floor and I thought, "I would have mopped if I knew I was going to be laying on the floor for this long."

Later in the afternoon and evening all my hamstring problems seemed to come back, the tightness, pinched nerve pain, etc.  I'm so mad at myself. 

skipped out on spin class and everything else.  My knee is swollen and hurts to put weight on it bent.  Hamstring still hurting too.

What is wrong with me?  I'm seriously having such bad luck.  I spent about 3 hours over the last 2 days, since I fell over my dishwasher door, working out all the kinks in my muscles and actually felt really good running today.  I felt good, that is, until I stepped on a rock and sprained my ankle!

We warmed up 2 miles then ran 3 miles hard @ 6:19, 6:28, 6:35.  That last one was slightly uphill.  Then we drank and ran about a half mile before the second part of the run, 3 x 1 mile with a minute rest between.  My times on that were 6:17, 6:23, 6:23.  Finished feeling tired, but so happy that my hamstring didn't bother me and that my knee, although black and blue, didn't hurt either.

Barely into the 2 mile cool-down I stepped on a small rock and rolled my ankle.  I stopped and lay down on the road saying, "I'm having such bad luck!"  I couldn't believe it.  At least I didn't fall when I twisted it.  I was able to walk ok if I didn't totally relax my foot and let it do it's normal full range of motion.  Every once in a while I got a shooting pain through it though.  Melanie ran home and came back in the car to get me.  I'm glad I walked.  If I tried to run the last 2 miles I probably would have injured it more or favored it and run funny making something else hurt.  So stupid!

My ankle was swolen and I couldn't walk normally.  I biked for 30 minutes, which actually took the swelling down a little and made it feel better.  Went home, soaked it in Epsom salt, showered and iced it.  It seemed to be improving, but then I sat at my computer working for a few hours and when I got up it was more swollen and hurt worse.  Decided not to run the next day.

Went to the Legacy Center.  Bike 30 min, elliptical 30 min, bike 15 min, stairmaster 10 min.  Not near as much fun as running outside and I didn't feel like I got a very good workout.  My ankle is black and blue all over.  I can walk normally now, but still with a little pain.  Hoping to run Tues.