Season is done... ankle is sprained

The last time I paid a visit to the emergency room was after tweaking my knee freshman year during some 400 repeats (I had no idea what I was going to do in track at that point... so I thought - I can run the 400). Turns out, it was just knee tendonitis.

Well, today I paid another visit after bowing out of the Bay County Community Basketball Leage B-3 playoffs last night. We lost by about 12 points I think and in the first half I took a hard foul, was thrown into a wall and came down poorly on my right ankle. It twisted and probably popped a little bit, and I was done for the season.

It's just a bad sprain which requires me to stay off the foot for a few days, use plenty of ice and keep my leg elevated. More of an annoyance, but what are you going to do?

It reminded me of my freshman year at Hillsdale at the outdoor GLIAC championships at Ferris. It wasn't even in competition — it was in warmups. WARMUPS. I was "high skipping" (yes, I was skipping) and came down funny, popped the ankle and it swelled up quickly.

The trainer taped it up tightly, and I competed. I cleared opening height of 6-1 I think, then went out at 6-4 and placed 8th. Not a fun way to end the season.

Same story, different sport.

In closing, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. Good luck to everyone for the next 40 days and 40 nights.