As of today, I am quite happy with my results. In my opinion, I'm walking pretty normal. I don't think a stranger on the street would think I have anything going on at all.
Friday I went to Garin and walked for 90 minutes. There is a portion that is mostly flat and is close to 3 miles round trip. It was awesome to be back in my park with my boy! I think he felt the same way.
Little Yosemite
October 31 - shorts and a tank top!
All of this, FOUR WEEKS after surgery. I am in shock. The day before I was supposed to put weight on my foot, I thought there was no way in hell that was going to happen. It did! The day before I was supposed to take off my surgical shoe and put on a regular shoe, I thought there was no way I was going to be able to do that. I did! And now I am walking 3 miles, working 4 hour shifts, swimming (if I want to), doing Pilates. Even as I type this, I shake my head. It's just unbelievable to me.
I have learned over the last month just how much of a fighter I am. And how determined I was to get up and move as soon as I could. I took every little improvement and built on it. I looked at every accomplishment as a big one. It wasn't always easy and sometimes it was painful. But I did it, and I'm walking well, ONE MONTH LATER!!
I'm thinking I can see some single track trails in my not-too-distant future! That my friends, is an awesome sight.
Until later.............
11 comments:
You have all the right in the world to be proud of yourself. You seem to be doing everything right to get on your feet.
Thanks for sharing your journey. I feel inspired and if I ever need to get over an injury and need some pick me up stories, I know which blog to look into.
I'm glad your foot is healing well.
And apparently your weather is warmer than ours right now. I was NOT in shorts and a tank top on the 31st.
p.s. I've discovered that running on single track is DIFFICULT
You are such an inspiration! At this rate, you will be back on that single track sooner, rather than later! :)
Great picture of Boomer with the stick. What a change the weather made from Saturday with the fog to Sunday with the sun.
Woo hoo! Keep those positive thoughts coming!
at first i wanted to say wow its only been a month? but then i also thought, wow its been a whole month! haha. you are doing so great, can't wait to see what is up your sleeve ;)
Now you see it, now you don't!
Great to hear it's healing well, it looks great!
Glad to see that you are healing so well! Way to go JoLynn!
You've done an amazing job recovering and I am so happy to see that you're proud of yourself! You are awesome! :)
Yeah for your awesome progress! I thought of you during my ultra on Sunday. I know you'll be out there running trails soon!!
Your foot looks great! What an awesome recovery. Good luck when it comes time to test it out running trails!
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