Almost 8 Weeks

We're back from Oceanside.  We had a great time at the beach with my family.  My foot enjoyed doing pretty much nothing the entire time.  Any pain or discomfort was minimal.

I go back to Dr. Van Boerum next Wednesday, August 24th for another round of x-rays and hopefully the green light to give the boot "the boot".  Not so fast...I've learned from other people who have had an avulsion fracture that I'll likely be "weaned" out of the boot over time, perhaps with a walking shoe or brace.  Not set free, but on parole for a while.  The 8 week mark is kind of the minimum for ditching the boot and starting to do real activities such as riding a road bike outside.  The real milestone is 12 weeks because at that point the bone should be about 90% healed - enough to pretty much do anything on it.  However, I plan to hold out on running until at least the 16 week mark.  I really have no idea what to expect at this point.

Workout Summary:
8/6 thru 8/14 - OFF
8/15 - Swim 1,700 meters - form, power, resistence
8/16 - Bike (stationary) easy spin 40' @ 100 watts.  No pain, no discomfort.

This week's workout goal is to hit 6 out of 7 days of doing swimming or biking.  On Saturday I'm going to try to do a swim and bike workout back to back - not long, just an easy hour of swimming and then biking.  Trying to keep weight gain to a minimum.

Here's what it looks like to do Disneyland with the kids in a wheelchair.  Not much fun.