My upcoming 2010 Races:
June: Utah Valley Half Marathon (if I can get someone to give me their spot)
July: SpudmanTriathlon
August: Park City Half Marathon
September: Disneyland Half Marathon
Top of Utah Full Marathon
October: None as we didn't get into the St. George Marathon (stupid raffle) - but we are guaranteed for next year! Woo hoo!
Spring has arrived...well, kinda. The cold weather is hanging on in Utah, but I am done with allowing it to confine me to a treadmill.
That said, it is time for training to being! Well, almost.
I was going to run the Ogden Marathon this weekend. I wasn't as trained as I should have been, but I was ready - except then my ankle decided otherwise.
When I was a sophomore in high school, during basketball season my left ankle started to hurt so bad, sometimes I couldn't walk on it. I went to a podiatrist and found that I had what appeared to be a cyst on my ankle. We first did an MRI on it, which thankfully let us know that it was nothing scary but a "ganglion cyst". So the podiatrist drained it. My ankle stopped hurting, I was able to continue my sports.
Two years ago however, while in a play at a local theatre, my ankle started to hurt again.
I went to another podiatrist (who happens to be my best friend's father). He determined the same thing, a ganglion cyst. So he also drained it. I had to miss a couple of nights of the play for it to heal.
And now it is back.
My ankle started hurting about 2 months ago. I wrapped it with an Ace Bandage and tried to ignore it, but it was too much. So again, I went back to the doctor. I want it removed, but if I did it now, I would be "in recovery" for about 2 months, which would completely disrupt my training schedules. Not cool.
So I decided that it was best to miss out on this weekend's marathon (which I haven't paid for as I was taking another girl's spot), and get the cyst drained yet again.
So now I have to give my foot time to recover for another week, but then I can start my training.
Bring it on!
