What I've been doing with a broken foot
It all started two and a half weeks ago, when I tripped over the dog.
Hi Geezers,
If you’re not following me on Instagram, you might have missed a crucial life update: I broke my foot.
Yes, I straight up broke my foot. And not even in a cool way. I tripped over Lottie, and she has yet to apologize.
It’s a hairline fracture spanning the length of my fifth metatarsal, and remember when I did two full multi-hour episodes of Ali on the Run about my quest to run the 2026 marathon? Yeah, wellllll, this injury sets us back a bit. I was slated to run my first 10k in October and it’s looking like I won’t be able to start running again until November if all heals well. By November I’ll probably be back at the beginning and need to train up to a 5k again. I don’t know, the whole thing is so disappointing and even though I haven’t stopped wanting to run the marathon it does feel like a sign that every time I try to take running seriously I get injured. My last real injury was when I blew out my knee running in 2018. Also the last time I was running semi-regularly. So maybe my fate is not running? I don’t know. If Ali is reading this, she’ll yell at me! I know, I know, I’ll come back from this. Just let me wallow!
