Last night while watching Virginia Tech hang 70 points on Clemson in the Orange Bowl there was a brief ESPN news update with footage of Serena Williams, the tennis player, rolling her left foot during the Australian Open yesterday. It looked like exactly what happened to me. Except she escaped with a bad sprain, no broken 5th metatarsal. And she didn't step on a rock like I did. This just proved to me again that all you have to do is step just right (or wrong), with enough force and that foot/ankle will buckle. Man, it was hard to watch.
Things are good. Going better than I thought they would. Zero pain. Maybe some occasional stiffness around where the fracture was but nothing big. Plantar Fasciitis is not as bad as it was (knock on wood).
Up to a 90 minute run about every 10-14 days. I'll keep it there for a while. Pacing on the run is improving as well. Threshold pace had started out around 7:20/mile and I've dropped that to 6:50/mile after a half dozen threshold workouts. Still work to do but I've got it headed in the right direction.
Bike fitness is on the same track. I haven't tested for a while but my FTP is likely around 270 watts which is close to where it was in June. The big shot in the arm for my bike fitness has been the Max VO2 work that I've been doing. It's enabled me to break through the plateau I was sitting at for several weeks.
Great weather outside for riding, bad for skiing. No doubt that will change soon and I'll be stuck on the trainer.
