Foot update #2

I went back to the doctor in December and was told my foot is still broken I need to come back in a month!!! Good news is that I can finally wear matching shoes again although my foot is still pretty swollen and the only thing they fit in are sneakers or uggs. oh well I guess. So I think it is healing ok I will find out next Monday. Although last night when I was getting ready to go meet some friends I was in my bedroom picking up and rammed my pinky toe on my broken foot into the dresser. Now it hurts like a mother today and it swollen and brusing again. I have some luck I tell you! Hoping for some good news on Monday.

Ironman for 2009

Another fun update. I got into Ironman Arizona November 22, 2009. I am soooo excited to start to train again and hoping no more injuries and then I will be good to go. The exciting thing is my neighbor Billy is going to be doing it with me and this will be his first Ironman. It is going to be great to have a friend to train with and someone to go to AZ with. Check back for updates. Things will be slow for the next couple of weeks due to my injury. Hope everyone has a great thanksgiving!

Foot update

I went to the doctor's yesterday for my 4 week check up on the broken foot. Good news and crappy news. Good news it is healing and I have been graduated from the big boot to a post-op shoe. Bad news I have to wear this shoe for 4 more weeks and no biking or running yet. But I can swim and I can drive again. So I will be swimming everyday and I am looking forward to Girls on the run again! The girls are my motivation to get out there and hit the ground running again.

Been a while but now I am out of commission

Well it has been a while since I have posted anything but I have no good news to post. I currently have a broken foot. On October 25th I broke my fifth metatarsal in one spot really good and 2 stress fractures. In addition I also sprained my mid foot and pulled the ligament. So I am out of commission for a 6-8 weeks. I am in a lovely walking boot so at least I can get around now. And I have to wear a sock high enough to go over the boot what a pain in the butt when you have man calves :( I found a ski sock that fits and then after about a week of hunting I found a three pack of knee highs that will fit over my calf. I really think sock manufactures need to take into account athletic women who might have big calves from working out.
Thankfully my parents came from NY to get my dogs so I dont have to walk them since I really cant walk them like they need to be. But before they left Brody was taking good care of me.

Now they are in NY on a nice vacation driving my parents crazy.
I go back to the doctors on the 24th for x-rays to see how the bone is healing and if anything needs to be done. I am hoping all goes well then I will only have 4 weeks of boredom left. I miss my running shoes and my bike.

Assuming I get a good report back from the DR and Ironman Louisville is still open I will be signing up, if not looks like I will be doing Arizona. But that might not be to bad I just found out tonight that my neighbor is looking at doing that for his first Ironman and has family out there and said I was welcome to stay there as well. So that might help make my decision easier. So in the mean time all I can do it abs and some upper body lifting. Now I have no excuse to not do my ab work :(

The other really crappy thing is I was doing this great program called Girls on the Run as an assistant coach and I cant do that at the moment. I would love to be out there encouraging the girls to run and helping get them ready for the 5K but I can not drive since it is my right foot and I need to stay off of it as much as possible. But I will be there at the finish line for the 5K on December 6th no matter what! And I can not wait for the fall program to start so I can get out there running with the girls they are such an inspiration.

Well that is all for now check back after the 24th for a good update hopefully

It's been a while

Wow it has been a while since I have given any updates. I have a lot going on lately not so much on the training side but just catching up on my summer. I started coaching Girls on the Run Wednesday and Thursday. What a great program and it is great to see the girls out there running before school having so much fun.

Tomorrow I am doing the civista potomac heritage bicycle tour, I had signed up for the 100 miles but I dont think I will be doing that I haven't been on my bike in a month and I have a pinched never in my back. So I have decided I will be doing the 60 mile option. I am looking forward to it, just a fun ride not a race. I am doing it with my old teammate Alex who I havent seen since our race in May so this will be a great time to catch up and then have a nice glass of wine after. Check back for updates I'll let you know how the ride went.

29 now

Well I turned 29 this past weekend and had such a great time. My friends Jen, Kim, Kelly, Heather, Mike and Mr and Mrs. Pugh came out to celebrate we started with dinner at Tony and Joe's. Which was great the Pugh's bought me the coolest balloon it has a chicken on it and it was one year older and still clucking and when you hit it, it plays the chicken dance. After dinner everyone but the Pugh's headed out for the night. It was such a blast just chilln at Old Glory in Georgetown with my friends drinking beers and doing shots stayed out until 3am. Man I am old I can do that any more so much for working out on Sunday it was spent recovering on my couch with the pups watching TV.

But I did start training again which feels great I started swimming on my birthday and have been working out since then with one day off. I thought I would be tired but it wasnt to bad swimming the first day was a little tiring. But I am excited to get back at it and take on my next adventure. Not sure what I am going to sign up for in the mean time just training to keep my fitness and have fun but I'll keep you posted.

Tattoo

Well I went and got my Ironman Tattoo and I LOVE it. I got it above my left ankle in the head of the m-dot it says 08. Then to make it more unique and significant to my first race and the 15 hours of rain I added some rain drops and then a puddle underneath. Here ya go