After some of my past marathons, I’ve quit for 3-4 months.  After all 18+ weeks of grueling day-in-day-out training, I’ve simply lost my passion for running and need to stop to get my life back in balance and my head back into training from a mental perspective.  I’m especially susceptible to giving it up entirely if I happen to run a late fall marathon (I can think of a million reasons-too dark, too cold, too rainy, too tired, too many holiday distractions-to stop…).  Fortunately, the breaks are temporary, and I’ll get back into the groove without much loss of fitness.  I think my hiatuses are one reason I’ve trained for 11+ marathons injury-free. 

Don’t sweat it…you’ll be fine.  Take up swimming or biking in the meantime to remain active while your ankle heals.  Not allowing an injury to fully heal is risky.  Be good to your legs!