Any suggestions for what I could do to keep fit?

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Some body types are definitely better for distance running: think watutsi, tall and long-legged and lean, long narrow feet with high arches. If your body doesn't fit that mold, you might think about sprinting, parkour (freerunning), gymnastics, or martial arts.

Anything that causes pain bad enough to require ice should be stopped IMMEDIATELY. (At least, that's my opinion).

For me, running = severe pain and injury.

Cycling / step aerobics = enjoyment, fitness, and adrenaline.

Different people experience different levels of pain and enjoyment from different forms of exercise.

Let's stop this debate now, shall we? It's a no-brainer.

OP, have you decided what you're going to do yet? I thought of another exercise you could try: skipping. All you'd need to buy is a skipping rope, and you could do it indoors in privacy.

Let us know what you decide to try!

If that last was directed at me, all_white I just want to clarify that I was agreeing with you. Or trying to, anyway

It was in response to what Chrissyrun said about packing her legs in ice.

It's not just ice. It's water with ice.

Oh, and icing is not that serious, when I was in track there was lines for the icebucket.

Well, like I said, Chrissy, it's just my opinion! I understand that runners get very hooked on their sport and will run though the pain. They remind me a lot of ballerinas. Ballerinas get horrific injuries but they just carry right on. I just don't share that desire to carry on doing something if it's hurting.

Ok! Same! Haha, I have pain right now in my calf and I am not running through it. The beginners will run through their pain, the veterans know what kinds of pains they can run through and what they cannot. I can usually tell if a pain is related to injury, over-exertion, or is just plain ol' aches and pains. Then I decided if I will run through it, or what type of cross-training/rehabilitation I should got through. I think that's stupid, if you know it's an injury, you need to RICE and get better. Which reminds me, I am a super-hypochondriac. So if I feel pain, I instantly analyze it and take a course of action. Running isn't a tough person sport, it is a smart person's sport. Why else would all the skinny people (as in high school geeks) go to it, our sport is athletic and smart. But if it is just aches and pain, then of course I'll carry through it.