Eleven Days Later
Sorry for the absence. I’m hopefully not disappearing this year during the off-season like I did in previous years. I’ve just been relaxing and taking a little break from everything - blogging included. :)
As an update, my knee is feeling much better these days. Thanks for all the get well thoughts and wishes. It was actually comfortable to walk on as of late last week. It’s still not 100% and I’m nowhere near being able to run on it. But I’ll take walking without pain for now. I’ve started my routine of NSAIDs, self-massage, and stretching. Strengthening all parts of my lower leg will begin soon. Hopefully, it won’t take me until the Spring before I’m back on my feet again.
What else? For the past eleven days, I’ve been eating everything in sight. Lots of fatty, starchy foods that I’ve been depriving myself of for months. My parents were here for the race and just left yesterday so I’ve been living the good eating life with them. The end result? I weighed in this morning at 158.8. I left for Madison at right around 152 even. So figure sixish pounds (I’m sure at least 0.8 is food bloat) in eleven days? That’s about par for the course. I’m trying to minimize the damage though - it’s back to fruits and other “tasties/nasties”, as I like to call them, today. :(
Other than that, I’m enjoying the downtime. Getting a little antsy especially as the pants get a little tighter around the mid section. I plan on getting back into the pool as early as next week just to stay in shape and to try and avoid further weight gain a little. Maybe getting back on the bike and hopefully back to running at the end of October?
All for now, I guess. I’m so very terribly behind on all your blogs, but I’ll try and catch up soon! Hope you all are doing well! Oh yeah… and before I forget:
Registration: 2007 Ford Ironman Wisconsin Purchase Date: 09/18/06 Event Date: 09/09/07
See you 2007 IMWI’ers next year! :)