Heidelberg half dropping out

Friday morning, my left ankle slightly hurt. That is exactly why I went running short and slow yesterday, just to see how my feet will react. Well, it reacted fine, but not fine enough. This morning I can feel that it is not ready. No pain, but a faint feeling that it is just not there yet. I just went for half an hour very easy pace yesterday. So unfortunately, it is clear that I won't be able to run on Sunday. I am very disappointed but it would be too risky.
It is important to state here that I don't think this is related at all to the 5Fs. It is just bad luck to have slipped like that 2 weeks before the race and could have happened with normal shoes. I think so.
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4 days to HD/2

Quick update at 4 days of the HD half. It is getting better. It is still slightly swollen, but almost nothing, and it feels like I could run, I want to run. I will thus take my place at the start line and then we will see how it goes. Initially, I would like to take it easy, not to take the risk of injury, but you know how it goes. I know myself and will probably try it anyway, because I will feel good. We will see.

On the other side, after a couple of weeks of slowing down and a week of complete rest, my legs are feeling full. You known this feeling, when you body is asking you to go out.  I feel like I could run a full marathon now. So, the HD half is not turning out too bad, the next step will probably be a full marathon.

See you on Sunday on the starting line.

Thursday, Day - 3, I went for a short and easy run this morning, just to check my feet. I think it will be alright. You can barely make out the swollen now and it felt good running. So I guess Sunday will be ok. See you there.

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40th birthday 16k practice race and twisted ankle

That is it, I just turned 40. And the day after ran a 16 km race to celebrate it.
Everything went fine, total barefoot again, no problem at all.

The following day, I just ran an easy 13 km with colleagues. It felt good, but towards the end of the path, I slept and slightly twisted my left ankle. Shit, just two weeks before the half marathon. How will I cope with that? Will I heal? I do hope so.

So far, I am with a support band, I will go buy some anti-inflammatory cream. I am supposed to run a 24 km race this weekend with a friend. I don't know, may be I skip it to be safe for the half. Shit.

That is it, I put a lot of anti-inflammatory cream on the inner part of my left ankle. I do have a slight stretched ligament there, slightly swollen. I will not do anything at all until the half and see how it goes. Anyway, I am supposed to be tapering now.

Here is the chart of my training then:

Next stop: Heidelberg half

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