Oh No !?!

I use to run for fun a few years back but it was just for exercise. While now I run for the love of it and to reach goals that I have set for myself. I have only been training for 4 weeks so you can imagine my annoyance when earlier this week I was having a great run and I leapt off the sidewalk and landed the wrong way on my foot. I finished my run but my foot started to hurt so I took the next day off but then went right back to it. Now I know the rules about listening to your body and all that but I have a race on August 8th that I am training for and I didn't want to throw off my schedule. So I ran for 3 more days and my body finally said "stop...don't be so stupid... you know it's a sprain". So I am listening now and taking a few days off to get my foot better. It is so frustrating. I was just begining to hit my stride and feel good about running. Maybe a few days off will do me some good!