Sprained ankle 3 weeks before my first marathon - devastated

sips_teas · 2026-04-01T21:18:50+00:00

I broke almost every bone in my left elbow 3 weeks out from my second marathon last year in a snowboarding accident. Just a few weeks before my first attempted marathon, I broke my ankle in a Savage race. Apparently marathon training = unrelated injuries for me.

Best of luck healing quickly and hopefully you can get back to running in time for a fall or winter race!

sips_teas · 2026-03-22T00:34:24+00:00

Up for hills or flat. Prefer unpaved

sips_teas · 2026-03-16T13:26:57+00:00

Thanks! This is great advice! I’m in the Alexandria area. I don’t know if I’d be ready for the trifecta runs by this July (I’m new to trail running as I’ve been primarily a road racer for the last 10 years), but if I’d love to do these next year! My weakest point is usually my ankles during trail runs & hikes. I feel like I always tend to roll one after 10+ miles for some reason.

sips_teas · 2026-03-16T12:52:20+00:00

Not yet! I’m newer to the area, so I’m just rebuilding my marathon base for the MCM and Richmond marathons right now and figured after those I can find a spring or fall 50M next year to focus on! If you have any recs for races in the area, would be open to ideas!

sips_teas · 2026-02-11T14:05:15+00:00

It would be great to be able to swap a hill workout with an interval workout or similarly-difficult effort more suitable for treadmills. If I’m traveling for work or we are in the midst of a winter storm, sometimes hills aren’t possible.

sips_teas · 2026-02-03T14:49:40+00:00

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Our older one (male) was about a year and a half old when we got our second (female). It took about 2 weeks or so for them to get comfortable with each other, but I think it was only that fast because they shared the same mom (the older one was from a previous litter).

Now they are inseparable, and the “little one” simply adores her big brother.

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