On Friday it will be 3 weeks since my stress fracture first got diagnosed. I was hoping by this time I would be briskly walking and soon on my way to running but that is not the case. I spent 3 full days outside the boot because the boot seemed to be making things worse -- and really was hurting my ankle. But, that time out of the boot has caused the actual stress fracture to hurt worse than it has in three weeks. I'm finally going to the podiatrist tomorrow. I'm not sure if they can do anything for me, and it is unlikely that the fracture will show up on an xray at this point, but I'm not getting better so it is time to be shamed into staying off my foot for a few more weeks. I leave for Miami on Saturday and I really can't handle the idea of another week at a client site in that boot. Ugh.
In other news, I think I found a 50 mile race that isn't trail centric. I'm going to post this and a few other options next week :)
The front runner right now is in New York. My brother and I went on a really fun vacation to the finger lakes a few years ago. It is really gorgeous but I'm a little nervous it will be cold. Also, this would be for 2012. There's no way I can get up to 50 miles by this November (but I will hit the 26.2 for the Marine Corps in October no doubt).
Finally, I have gained 5 pounds in three weeks because my appetite doesn't know I'm not running apparently. This may be the worst part of the stress fracture. That equals like 10,000 calories -- what have I been eating/drinking you ask? EVERYTHING in sight...
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