I can accept rolling an ankle or pulling up lame from a muscle strain but what I cannot handle are Phantom Injuries. You know the ones – you wake up and can’t walk or you’re just standing in line at the grocery store and your knee buckles. Injuries that seem to happen for no reason.

Saturday I ran and felt fine. Sunday night I could barely walk on my left ankle. Nothing of any consequence happened in between. Figuring it was some freak feeling that would go away, I did nothing. Monday morning I woke up and it was worse. I started to R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate) all Monday and Tuesday it was better. The worse part of this whole thing is that I had to stop training even before I really got started. This Phantom Injury has now sidelined me for another week so I’m scrapping my plans for back-to-back half marathons in March. I’ll be lucky to be ready enough for the climbs of the Red Rock Marathon the first weekend of March.

I’m sure these injuries have some reason for happening somewhere along the way but the way they present themselves make no sense whatsoever. Have you had any Phantom Injuries that just showed up in the middle of you’re training? Let’s hear about them.

RMFR

Tags: Phantom Injury, R.I.C.E., Red Rock Marathon and 1/2 Marathon

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