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[blnchflr]

How goes it? Awesomely or not so much?

Bonus: best running experience this summer (winter if you're on the southern hemisphere)?

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[silveraspen]

I'd have to say "not so much."

Withdrew from planned half-marathon (first ever, argh) this spring due to right ankle ligament problems plus dissertation overload. Completed both physical therapy and dissertation, started training again from scratch three weeks ago, aiming for an October half.

Last week, I managed to repeat whatever the hell it was I did to my ankle the first time.

Next up: repeating physical therapy exercises, this time on my own, and trying to find some sort of balance that will let me strengthen the [censored] ankle and keep training with a revised schedule/level of effort.

So. Frustrating.

[blnchflr]

Congrats on your dissertation - sorry about your ankle :(

I'm trying to use a balancing board for my ankle(s) and knee, and if I only use it 1-2 mins a day, it seems to be helping - when I was trying to use it 5 mins every other day, my knee started getting really sore in a not-good way. So apparently I need a really slow build-up.

[ilanarama]

I have this: http://www.big5sportinggoods.com/product/balance-trainers/478242-152540/harbinger-balance-trainer.html Dyna Disc is another brand name.

I agree with blnchflr that using it for shorter periods (at least early) is probably better. I stand on one leg for one minute, then switch legs, and then I do things like pass a weight around while standing on one leg, but the weighted exercises are for maybe 30 sec each at most.

Man, we do seem to have had a spate of ankle injuries in the group!