• The rear end was the one safe place •
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I mentioned 2 left-ankle sprains this past training cycle before Philadelphia Marathon (11’23’Sunday): Lessons from a Sprained Ankle II (ShawmontRunningClub.com). That was as of September. I never bothered to mention the 2 additional sprains (reinjuries?). I was fully recovered by race time.
Aside from the number of times one can sprain the same joint, there’s the number of joints one can sprain. Also during the marathon-training season, I managed to sprain my right pinkie. Yes, while running. It seems I was doing an evening Black Men Run outing that went past a construction zone in University Park (“Run Report”: Facebook). Where the sidewalk was crushed down across the driveway, I went astaggering and threw my hand up to catch my balance. Where pinkie and chain-link fence meet, guess which one wins? The pinkie is still either not fully recovered or is now arthritic.
Then there’s the number of ways one can sprain a joint. This last one was neither during race training nor even running. It seems I was about to turn away from the bedroom mirror. I shifted my weight and felt something give at the bend of my right instep. I had not even begun actually moving. Did you know you can sprain the 3rd toe-foot joint independent of all the others? Three weeks later, the podiatrist decided a steroid shot was in order to tamp down the lingering swelling and pain.
KayCee had her own run-in with the podiatrist who told her to rest: “Then I just got sad and depressed, and if I couldn’t run, I didn’t want to look at Strava to see what I was missing.” When she finally did, she noticed that I wasn’t running either. Thanks for reaching out, KayCee.
Winter’s usual spring-marathon training is now done before even starting. I wondered aloud to Podiatrist if the last training and race could have fatigued my joints enough to permit this fascinating new injury. No, she said, “Sometimes things just happen.”
–CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue
FINE PRINT ¶Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-published: Facebook Shawmont Running Club (ZY Weekly Newsletter 1/10/26), Shawmont Running Club website, Ruminations by CtCloser. ¶This website posting: Rumination with added caption and enumeration.
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