Other Aerobic (Water Aerobics) 30:00 [2]
max:170 (injured) (sick)
I think I'm getting sick, but I didn't notice while working out. If it's like the family's cold of last week though I may be out of commission by Friday... Go Vit. C.
Also it's getting rainy. My foot was a little extra sore yesterday, and it hasn't been super today. Hopefully it's just the rain.
Actually this afternoon (after the water exercise) my foot has been pretty good. I've started wearing the brace only outside. Partly because I just vacuumed and don't want to start tracking yet more mud inside the house, but partly because, as long as I remember to limp around the house, my foot seems less sore out of the brace than in it.
Strength (Foot work) 32:00 [1]
(injured)
4 minutes in pool after exercise trying to simulate walking. Foot was mild/moderately sore for part of the 2nd minute, but I eased up a bit and it got better.
Then I did 8 minutes more while I sat at my desk it's not perfect. A little light pain now an then that fades completely away and comes back on and off.
Then 18 minutes later in the evening. It was more or less fine during that.
Note
While my foot seems to be improving a little on the toe/heel raises, it's variable, I should re-read more of this log to see if it's really improving or if I'm just limping/avoiding the pain better.
An optimistic healing plan: while I was aiming for this Friday to walk normally I don't think I'm there yet...
3/28: Remove cast, try to walk again without cast, continue foot exercises and water aerobics.
Next Goal: Walking with no pain, hopefully 4/11.
Miss West Point A
Walking with no limp at all, with no pain, hopefully 4/21.
Wait for two weeks at that level, while still doing water running and foot exercises for strength.
Then at ~5/5 (if on schedule) start running just a little... At that point I'll miss SVO and the Long/Short champs. Bummer. If it does heal faster than it seems to be doing, I may be able to do the Short champs...
By 5/19 I could do 30 minutes of O'? And then I'll attack the BillyGoat, with almost no on foot training for 6 months. Oh that'll be good. Ack.
What can I do to speed this up, without reinjury? Well one idea I had was how I healed from an earlier foot injury.
After months of no running or O' due to a toe injury, I walked an O' event, in O' shoes, and it felt so good that I jogged a few steps here and there, and was pretty much fine even so. I think the O' shoes were tight enough that it held my foot shape better than a running shoe. Perhaps since this is a foot injury/structure problem, a tight O' shoe would help?
So, perhaps this Sunday, while Angelica runs Green, I'll wear O' shoes while waiting around with AJ & Oriana. I'll bring the big brace too just in case. And then next weekend, at French Creek, I may do the same, or walk a control depending on how I feel… and then, just maybe, I’ll walk White on one of the days of USMA A-event? If I progress that well, the Short O’ champs is possible…