After 10 days of pain and...well, pain....my ankle hasn't been any better, so today I have been to see the physio.
The upshot is that I have bruised the bone on the inside of my ankle. No, I didn't know that was a thing either. And no, I don't know how I did it!
The 'good' news, however, is that it's not a ligament, which the physio assures me would be far worse to treat. She's using ultrasound on it and I'm on an ibuprofen regimen until I see her again next Friday. In the mean time I am allowed to go to the gym, to start just cycling, then try cross training, and finally try swimming - but only low resistance and to stop if it hurts. At least this way I can keep my fitness up / get my fitness back up a bit.
The marathon is still officially 'on' but I guess I might be even slower, depending on how long it takes before I can properly train. I'm a bit confused as well as I understood the plan on the My Asics app should update to take into account rests and injuries but it seems to think that if I start running tomorrow I'll manage 5 miles no problem. I don't want to start the plan again, though, as that feels a bit like wasting time. Something to worry about when I know I can get back out there, I suppose.
The internet says typical healing time is 2 months. If that's true, the marathon will be on hold until 2018...we were talking in terms of me still running it today, though, so I'm not going to panic yet. I'll keep you posted!
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