I haven’t ran in 9 days and while my ankle is feeling a lot better, it’s not 100% yet. I did get an X Ray and the initial reading is that there is no fracture, but I have been referred to the Orthopaedic surgeon for a second opinion. Not sure when I’ll get in to see them, so I probably won’t run at all this week either.

Just as I suspected, without the running, my eating and drinking habits have started to slowly slip back to my old ways. Not sure why I have a hard time controlling myself if I’m not exercising, but that seems to be the case.

I was on week 6, ready for day 3 of the C25K program, so not sure where I’ll start back up, but I suspect it will be around week 4 if I’m lucky.

The SOPA blackout protests are starting, seeing lot’s of my favorites sites “going dark”.

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On Wednesday Jan. 18th thousands of sites will go dark to protest SOPA & PIPA, two US bills racing through Congress that threaten prosperity, online security, and freedom of expression.

Looks like I may have sprained my right ankle last week. It’s been really sore and has some swelling. I’ve been doing the RICE thing, but still did my C25K runs and it’s not getting any better. I am going to take a few days off from the running program and see if it feels better, it not, I’ll go see the doctor about it.

Here is what I’m dealing with, which I think is a ‘high ankle sprain’.

So, until that heals up, I am going to concentrate on doing some other forms of exercise. I am going to start the 100 pushups and the 200 sit ups program. These structured programs seem to help me stay on track, so I’m going to see how well I can do with these.

Hell ya! Just put in an order for some Reddit alien goodness that I can stick where I want!

Here it is, Sunday night, and I’ve officially over-indulged the entire weekend. Too many beers, too much junk food :-(  I’m going to pay for this when I run in the morning and when I weigh in on Wednesday! I’m going to have to be extra good this week!

Who else went off the plan this weekend?

Too many of these for sure!

Took me two tries, but I did it! After my first attempt, I drove to the place I normally run and gave it another go. Nothing amazing, but I did it. I was determined not to fail the day, despite the over-indulgence in Hopslam and junk food last night. 

My ankle is still hurting pretty bad, but like my knee, I plan to just keep icing it and run through it until it gets used to the activity and straightens up.