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Breaking news! Five weeks after pulverizing my shoulder, I’ve broken my ankle. On Sunday, I was at a riding clinic seeing friends and saying hello to a horse I used to own.
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Breaking news! Five weeks after pulverizing my shoulder, I’ve broken my ankle. On Sunday, I was at a riding clinic seeing friends and saying hello to a horse I used to own. I was outside chatting when a horse untied itself from a trailer and started wandering away. People started after the horse and I ran to get the owner out of the bathroom. I rolled over on my ankle. Didn’t fall, but definitely hobbled around for awhile.

Somebody got me ice so I watched the riding while chilling the ankle. It didn’t improve so I went to Cowichan District Hospital, hoping an xray would say it was not broken. The xray said it was broken.

So, after struggling through weeks of workouts and avoiding my injured shoulder, I now can barely walk. The workouts are over for now. I will achieve my goals of getting fit and losing weight, but things are delayed by a few months.

I actually dreaded posting the news on Facebook because my friends were, of course, horrified that I would break my ankle five weeks after breaking my arm.

Some just laughed. It is unbelievable. But I am determined to make this the best year of my life, barring further injury.