Category: Daily
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5 weeks in plaster
I’ve done 5 weeks in plaster now. That’s 35 days in a cast from my toes to my knee on my left leg. From the end of week 4 the foot started to feel really solid again with no pain. I can sometimes wiggle it and find an interesting sensation, like probing a painful tooth…
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How busy?
You never realise how much you do until you stop. This seems to be particularly true of training. Skills swims, endurance swims, long runs, 800m track intervals, ME swims, easy bikes, cruise intervals, hilly bikes, long bikes, tempo runs, sea swims, maximum strength sessions, massage and foam rollers. When you stop all that a huge…
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Week 4
My ability to walk and move is much easier three and a half weeks after breaking my foot, but the boredom isn’t getting any easier to deal with. I really miss the feeling of movement, of running, swimming or cycling. Reading about it, or planning for the rest of the year doesn’t help much (although…
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Counting the days
I’m back into fracture clinic tomorrow morning. The foot feels pretty good and is well supported by the cast. As you can see from the image above, I’ve got counters running that count the days of healing and count down towards my major races this year. I won’t be that fit for Windsor but I…
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Going nuts
It’s almost two weeks since I fractured the bone in my foot and I’m starting to go nuts. Kim’s surprised I’ve not gone mad already. I’m trying not to think about it. Six weeks in plaster and six weeks out of training is the least of it. As I can’t put any weight on my…
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Spiral fracture of the distal shaft of the fifth metatarsal bone of my left foot
After a very brief assessment in fracture clinic this morning (and all that was needed) I had a load bearing cast wrapped around my leg, ankle and foot to replace the weekend’s temporary backslap plaster cast. The verdict: 6 weeks in a cast, no load bearing for 2 weeks, expect 8-12 weeks before walking with…
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Broken
Oh dear. I broke my foot this morning. I foolishly left too much crap in the hall downstairs, and when I ran downstairs to answer the door I was looking at the stuff instead of where I was placing my feet. I missed the bottom step, landed heavily and inverted my left foot. I couldn’t…
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2010
2010 has kicked off. I asked Jack whether I should continue cycling, running, swimming and racing or just take it easy, eat biscuits and play more computer games. He pondered very briefly before confirming that I should keep doing what I’m doing. I think I was looking for an out. I asked him why he…
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From one period to the next
I’m coming to the end of my transition or recovery period after this year’s racing, and after the Dublin marathon in particular. I’ve been taking it really easy for 6 weeks, training as I feel like it and eating wheelbarrow loads of doughnuts and cakes. I’ve done very little running, had a full week of…
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Bulb!
When starting to fix a problem, never rely on anyone else’s data. I learnt this through years of fixing other people’s computer & electrical problems. The first question was always, “is it plugged in?” to which they would usually reply, “yes, of course it is!” But when you checked the plug, often it wasn’t. Or…