Minor set back
November was sailing along like a duckling on a serene lake but then I got a little cocky.
Whoops.
I had just completed a half-marathon in Monterey, California, two weeks earlier with a time of 2:05. Feeling pretty good about my health and fitness level. 2:05 is not my best time ever but only 6 minutes behind my PR. Side note: It’s torturous how I beat myself up mentally for weeks after a race for not training hard enough yet I continue do things half-ass without changing my process. (That should be my life’s tag line: Everything at half-ass effort. Oh, anyway, I’m getting off topic.)
So, Thanksgiving weekend - my birthday – we went snowboarding. Returning to the one place on earth I’ve missed so much in the last three years I cry just stepping foot into the town’s limits. OK wait, that would be Paris and Parisians are too chic to sweat or bundle up in layers that could potentially deter those beautiful women from flaunting their perfect figures. So, OK fine, we returned to my second favorite place on earth - Vail. I was so happy to be back when on the THIRD run of the trip the universe decided to teach me a lesson about my confidence on the mountain and how it doesn’t mix well with my now decrepit, aging body.
This was the end result.
Le Cankle
Yeah.
Happy birthday to me.
2+ weeks on crutches with additional 2 weeks limping around. And months of training shot to shit b/c I got cocky. We booked the next flight home, approximately 48 hours after we arrived in Vail. Fortunately, no fracture – only endless amounts of cash spent in order to get home and get X-rays.
Yeah, so that kinda sucked. I’ve been sitting around eating cupcakes for a friggin’ month now because well, there wasn’t much else I could do. I’m full weight baring (finally) but my ankle is definitely swollen still preventing any physical activity. Mentally, this is doing nothing for my negative self-image. Though, binging on cupcakes helps in the moment.
I’m going to try to hit up a yoga class today to see how it goes. Just as soon as I finish off this dozen box of Red Velvets….