Wow, it's been almost 3 months and I'm still struggling with the stress fracture. It has been really difficult sitting on the sidelines while others are out there doing it. I salivate when I see people enjoying their daily run. Yes, I could have done more at the gym but frankly, I'm not that interested in biking and swimming is just ok. The orthopedic guy said no elliptical. As a result, I'm starting pretty much back at square one.
The Chicago Marathon is out. There just isn't enough to come back and train properly for 26.2 in early October. Kind of irritates me that there isn't a way to get a refund for an injury or "legally" sell your number. Oh well. I may still go down and run/walk as much of it as I can and enjoy the experience. I will consider it a trial run. I WILL do the Chicago Marathon before I die. It just won't be this year.
So my comeback has started. The past 2 weeks I've returned to the gym and I've been doing elliptical workouts and weights. Today I added in 15 minutes of treadmill doing 15 sec run/45 sec walk intervals. This month's runners world has a "Back on Your Feet" training schedule for coming back after a 60 or more day break. It seems conservative for 4 weeks with no greater running interval during that time than 30 sec. I think it will be something I can do and not get reinjured. I felt amazingly good just getting 15 sec running intervals in on a treadmill. There's something about running but I feel better right now than I have in weeks.
It feels great to be back (or at least, on my way)
