Today is Winter Solstice: The darkest day of the year.
I had my latest visit to the doctor today, and x-rays and a conservative return to running suggests another three weeks on the sidelines. I saw my shadow, and hibernation continues. - I say "conservative" because my main goals at this point is to avoid re-injury, and avoid pain when I return to running.
This is extremely frustrating, being that the standard 8 weeks of recovery would've had me running at the end of this week. Instead, I'm afraid that about 10-11 weeks will be more appropriate, in spite of some rather aggressive treatment.
I have no doubt that the week following my initial break was probably the main cause for this extended recovery time. In that week, I went untreated between when I received the MRI and my follow up appointment to see the doctor. Hence, I most likely compounded the injury as the fracture went unstabilized for 6 very important days.
At this point, my foot still doesn't feel a hundred percent yet so I can understand not being allowed to run. But I'll say that it is feeling better with each day that passes. I've had a couple instances over the last few days where I've jogged very briefly and haven't had much or any pain.
I abandoned the boot a couple weeks ago, at an effort to save my aching hips and knees. I'm still using the bone stimulator once or twice daily. I'm still loading up on calcium supplements (I'll probably keep with this longer-term). I'm still icing and/or applying heat - though not every day. I'll be going a few weeks without acupuncture due to the holidays, but I have been getting treatment at least once a week.
The fat negative: I've had very minimal physical exercise in the last 8 weeks. I've gone from being in the best shape of my life to feeling completely, 100% out of shape. This break has me gaining about 10 pounds from marathon morning, in October. I've been eating and drinking like a pig, and it shows. I feel disgusting; I feel like that damn movie "Super Size Me".
I keep saying that I'm going to start swimming or biking - but it's too cold to bike now, and swimming... eh, just doesn't appeal to me at the moment. Maybe tomorrow? (I've had that attitude for the last few weeks)... I've lost my motivation. That needs to change ASAP.
The London Marathon is 5 months away. I'll basically have to start training from scratch in mid-January. One month to ramp up, and accounting for cut back weeks and taper – that leaves me with only 2 months of training. It's not going to be easy and it's not going to be pretty. Thoughts of PR'ing at that race may be all but a pipe-dream at this point.
I had my latest visit to the doctor today, and x-rays and a conservative return to running suggests another three weeks on the sidelines. I saw my shadow, and hibernation continues. - I say "conservative" because my main goals at this point is to avoid re-injury, and avoid pain when I return to running.
This is extremely frustrating, being that the standard 8 weeks of recovery would've had me running at the end of this week. Instead, I'm afraid that about 10-11 weeks will be more appropriate, in spite of some rather aggressive treatment.
I have no doubt that the week following my initial break was probably the main cause for this extended recovery time. In that week, I went untreated between when I received the MRI and my follow up appointment to see the doctor. Hence, I most likely compounded the injury as the fracture went unstabilized for 6 very important days.
At this point, my foot still doesn't feel a hundred percent yet so I can understand not being allowed to run. But I'll say that it is feeling better with each day that passes. I've had a couple instances over the last few days where I've jogged very briefly and haven't had much or any pain.
I abandoned the boot a couple weeks ago, at an effort to save my aching hips and knees. I'm still using the bone stimulator once or twice daily. I'm still loading up on calcium supplements (I'll probably keep with this longer-term). I'm still icing and/or applying heat - though not every day. I'll be going a few weeks without acupuncture due to the holidays, but I have been getting treatment at least once a week.
The fat negative: I've had very minimal physical exercise in the last 8 weeks. I've gone from being in the best shape of my life to feeling completely, 100% out of shape. This break has me gaining about 10 pounds from marathon morning, in October. I've been eating and drinking like a pig, and it shows. I feel disgusting; I feel like that damn movie "Super Size Me".
I keep saying that I'm going to start swimming or biking - but it's too cold to bike now, and swimming... eh, just doesn't appeal to me at the moment. Maybe tomorrow? (I've had that attitude for the last few weeks)... I've lost my motivation. That needs to change ASAP.
The London Marathon is 5 months away. I'll basically have to start training from scratch in mid-January. One month to ramp up, and accounting for cut back weeks and taper – that leaves me with only 2 months of training. It's not going to be easy and it's not going to be pretty. Thoughts of PR'ing at that race may be all but a pipe-dream at this point.
