Injuries Suck

I sprained my ankle a few days ago walking down a hill. I don't really care that I did it, in that it really did not hurt that much. But what really sucks about it, is that I cannot exercise right now becuase of it.

I'm supposed to basically stay off if it as much as possible for the next week or two. It is still fairly swollen and is very sensitive when I turn it sideways, so any thought of aerobic activity is probably a few weeks off.

This upsets me to no end becuase I was really getting into my exercise/training. Last weekend I rode my bike about 55 miles over the two days and I had a good ride on wednesday. I was all psyched to go for 40 miles in one day (on Saturday) and then the ankle went out... I'm bummed becuase I was working my way up to that milage goal (32 miles was my tops for one day so far) and that I was really in the zone burning calores and building up my fitness. On a bike ride of that length you are looking at a calorie burn of about 2500 calories over the ride. Plus the additional calories burnt while your body recovers easily would equate to a pound of weight. So now since I can't exercise I'm not burning the calories and my weight is going the other way. We just had the Superbowl party so that was a huge calorie intake, I have two days of company meeting starting tomorrow (lots of good free food (fish market, etc)) poker friday night, bros bday Sunday, valentines, and then a few other work roadies.... Ah this sucks....

Must ride bike, or jog on treadmill.... can't lose fitness or will have to spend weeks building back to current level...

Man Injuries Suck Balls...