Training Archive: kupackmanIn the 7 days ending 2008-02-10:
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Saturday Feb 9 | ||
| Ultimate 15:00 [1] | |
| Threw the disc near the Greenlake Community Center with Gina, her roommate, and roommate's boyfriend.
It was really hard, since I couldn't move much, so they had to be accurate in their throws, and the wind made this hard. Throwing the disc was hard, since I really couldn't step into my throws much. After about 15 minutes, my ankle ached a bit so I sat down. | ||
Thursday Feb 7 | ||
| Note | |
| So.... here's the verdict...
Cliffs Notes Version: I've got a grade 3 high ankle sprain, which includes two torn ligaments, plus a damaged peroneal tendon, which is still too swollen for accurate diagnosis. I have to immobilize my ankle in this special boot for two weeks and then I go back in to see what's next. My goal is to be up and running by late March. Long Version: I went to the orthopedic/sports med doctor yesterday afternoon, and the first thing he commented on was all of my bruising. Actually, everyone there (nurses, x-ray guy) commented on my bruising. Took some x-rays, nothing is broken. One thing did show up on the x-ray, which was that something is detached on the center front of the ankle. This may have happened during an earlier sprain, and if it doesn't heal correctly, it might affect my range of motion, but not much, and some people elect to have surgery to have this fixed. The doc didn't think that this would apply to me. After looking at the x-rays, touching all over my ankle, and asking me to move/push in certain directions, the doc gave the verdict: Grade 3 high ankle sprain + damage to my peroneal tendon A grade 3 sprain is the worst you can get, and the doctor says that I tore two ligaments, but not completely. The peroneal tendon damage explains all of the bruising, as high up as mid-calf. And here's the treatment: Three weeks in a boot. I've already completed the first week with my Ace bandage and hiking boot, and I've got another two weeks in this fancy ski-boot looking thing. I'm supposed to wear it all the time, even in bed (but not showers). After that, I go back into the doctor to see how it's progressing. Hopefully, the swelling will have gone down enough around the peroneal tendon that he can assess it's damage and recovery better. The doctor gave the impression that he was giving me bad news with the two weeks in the boot. But I was actually expecting something worse. I asked him if I should still expect it to be pretty sore two weeks from now, and he said yes. I'm expecting that I'll be sidelined for a while. Since I'm dating a Catholic and yesterday was Ash Wednesday, I figure that I'll give up running and sports for Lent. This, for now, will be pretty easy, because I can't. But, this will be good in about a month from now, when I might be feeling a lot better and want to play, but I should probably sit out to let it heal longer. This means that I'll be skipping Tucson, which is sad, because a) it's a mini OK reunion and b) I love desert terrain. I've also already told my basketball and volleyball teams that I'm finished for the season. I'm still going up to Vancouver, and I'll be crutching/walking (in boot) some, and volunteering some, too. There's a Street Scramble on March 15th, in which I was hoping to run with Nick, but it looks like I'll be walking with Gina. My goal is to be up and running again on March 22nd, the first race in the Ultimate Orienteer Series. | ||
| C • If anyone ever needs.... 1 | ||
| C • sprint camp? 3 | ||
Wednesday Feb 6 | ||
| Other 30:00 [3] | |
| I said I wasn't going to include crutch-walking anymore, but sometimes I decide to partake in what I call "sprint-crutching" which is pretty much taking as big strides as possible, without stopping. The 30 minutes is over the past three days. Usually I "sprint" when walking into and out of work. I also "sprinted" up to the pub on Monday night. Whenever I sprint, I can actually move faster than a normal walking pace.
If only there was sprint-crutch orienteering or something.... and not trail-o. I don't care much for trail-o. Something that I've been thinking about (you'll see the connection)... I think a control flag on a 1:5000 map should be 1/3 the size of one on a 1:15000 map, etc. For those super-sprint courses, I don't want to see a standard flag. They'd be too big. See, I think people on crutches can still orienteer on easy-to-move terrain. But we can't move all that fast or that far, so we'd only need a small map. I don't want to crutch around and just spot the flag from a ways off. Then that's just pointless crutching. But if we had baby controls, we'd get just as much navigation-per-time as the bigger, badder courses, and less of the "oh there it is... crutch... crutch... crutch... crutch... crutch... " | ||
| C • haha... 2 | ||
| C • Crutch Crumpets? 2 | ||
Monday Feb 4 | ||
| Note | |
| 1) Crutches. I'm going to quit logging the crutch-walking, because I'm getting used to it, and no longer as exhausting. My crutch-walking muscles are pretty sore, though. But, the crutch-walking is just replacing my normal walking, and I'm crutching less than I usually walk anyway.
2) Kicking A Bear In The Head. I'm glad that it was sunny at Saturday's o-meet, because it was otherwise depressing. There were supposed to be 7 of us going up there, but the other 4 didn't show up. One guy's wife was sick, so those two stayed home. Another had "house issues" or something, and the last guy wanted to go, but he's a "me too" kinda guy, and since the others didn't go, he didn't want to drive by himself. If I would have known that carpool fell apart, I would have called him... I had one seat left in mine. It was also depressing seeing everyone else run, and have fun, and I just sat around in a chair and snapped photos. That was fun, I guess, but I'd rather be orienteering. I think the worst thing was the reaction of several (4-5) of the orienteers (none on AP) once they found about my injury. The reaction was either: a) How could a volleyball injury be so bad? It's *just* volleyball. b) How could I possibly injure myself doing something other than orienteering? I've become quite the pessimist over the past five days, so I just thought I was thinking too much about the reactions and didn't say anything about it. But Gina said something to me about it, saying that she was surprised that some people didn't think that either volleyball injuries were legitimate... or that non-orienteering injuries were legitimate. Maybe I should stick with my "I kicked a bear in the head and now he's on my living room floor" story. 3) Snowshoeing. Ryan and I went down to Mt. Hood Saturday night for a Sunday morning snowshoe race. I forgot to get my old chains swapped for ones that would fit my new car, so we had to scramble around Portland Sunday morning to find some to get up to Frog Lake. Ryan had a good time, so that was good. Since I had pre-registered, I drank the hot chocolate and ate the chili that I paid for. I just sat in the car, listened to music, and read through my Lonely Planet guide to Seattle, from 1998. Amusing. 4) Gaining Weight Tastes Good. Both Alligator Soul (in Everett) and Olive You (in Greenwood) serve up some really good food. 5) Injury Update. There's some good news on this front. The swelling has receded somewhat, and I'm able to walk around some, usually mid-day through evening. However, the pain is too great in the morning. I pretty much sprained everything, and just about everything is showing significant improvement. Except for the outside of my ankle, above the ankle. Some other bruises are starting to show up to almost halfway up my calf! If I don't have a compression bandage wrapped just above my ankle, it hurts a lot. I looked at some ankle anatomy images, and if I were to guess, I screwed up my peroneus muscle and tendons the most. I either stretched them horribly, or tore them or something. I'll get confirmation on Wednesday, I guess... I'm also looking forward to Wednesday so that I know that the next step in treatment is. I'm compressing it, I'm elevating it, and I'm still icing and taking ibuprofin some, but I've heard that I might be needing to add heat or something. I'm going on six days now, so I don't know how much longer I'm supposed to ice. Oh, and I hope I get some sort of pain medication, too. Advil ain't cutting it. I told Eric on Saturday that my outlook on running in Arizona was about 50/50. That's 19 days from now, and it's been 6 days since the injury. Now that the major injury (upper outside ankle thing) has pretty much identified itself, and not seen much, if any, improvement, I think the chances of me going to Arizona are around 20% now. That being said, I'm still going up to Vancouver in 2 weeks. I'm already committed to driving up there with Rex, and I should be able to do some light walking (which might be a lot easier if the doc gives me a cast or boot or something). The courses are all sprints, so they'll be short, and the terrain will be pretty forgiving with an injury like this, so it'll still be worth it if I can walk half of the courses, plus hang out with some cool people in a cool city. | ||
| C • link to ankle anatomy 3 | ||
| C • tough orienteers 2 | ||