Life these days

The past couple of weeks have been flying by.  And even though I’m only running a little bit at this point, I can feel a shift in my attitude.  I had a long time to accept that I couldn’t run, so I’d kind of fallen into a resignation about the whole thing and moved onto…

Week 12, it gets better

Well, I think week 12 is the charm.  Week 10 was probably the low point in this process.  So that’s good to know for future reference.  In case there was any question about surgery being a quick fix, it’s not.  Not even a little bit.  It’s a long slow process.  It’s frustration inducing and patience…

The difference of a week

It’s funny how much difference a week can make.  I don’t know if it’s the relief of actually seeing the healthy intact bone on the x-ray or the pt and chiropractor appointments I’ve had or if it’s just the extra time, but this week, my foot is feeling so much better.  I still have pain,…

Managing expectations

Foot-wise this past week has been a hard one.  A week ago, I over did it.  I met my friend at the lake and did a walk/run around.  We did a 15 minute walk warm up, 1 minute run/2 minute walk and then 20 minutes walking at the end.  I didn’t count the run intervals…

Running, it’s happening, sort of

Well it happened.  Yesterday marked day one of my return to running… sort of.  I’ve been torn about whether to say anything about it at all.  Because I’m scared.  I’m scared that I’ll make some announcement like, yay!  I’m up and running!  Only to be sidelined for another month.  But the reality is that this…