Street-O No No

I've just cancelled my date for tomorrow's 3-hour Maxi orienteering event. Sorry Peter - you're on your own.

FRIDAY: swim! First time in over a year - simply concentrating on stroke and technique. I managed 800m before the chlorine got to me. Ankle was okay for most of it, although I did a mid-session "recovery lap" in breaststroke, and the water turbulence generated by my kick knocked against the anklebone and hurt! Freestyle was okay as long as I kept my form good. Whenever my legs got lazy and bent from the knee, the ankle would remind me to kick from the hip instead. Good coach. :-)

SATURDAY: decided to do an A course at Street-O and go out for an hour (running/walking) to see how good the ankle was. Well, not good enough to do 3 hours in the bush tomorrow. I wore the ankle brace in case the ankle decided to roll again, and tried to run "lightly" to keep the weight consistent. Moderately sore, although manageable. What wasn't manageable was the small amount of running on grass (to see if I could), and the tiny amount of wobble in the uneven ground. Or running around corners. So I decided to be sensible (hah! imagine that) and opt out of tomorrow. :-(

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