Still #%$&%@!

My foot is still swollen! It still hurts a lot. I have stopped PT after talking to the doctor. I am still doing some light work with my foot. I am still using crutches but I have wander off without them a bit but not for long. I was hoping to be without crutches now but I really need them. I want to go bike riding but my swollen foot won't jam into my hiking boots. Still not back to where I was two weeks ago.

It is really looking bad now for doing the Equinox. Maybe next year, but I haven't given up on this year yet. Weather looks great for the long weekend! Happy Independence Day!

Fat Foot

My foot has swelled up (actually not too bad now).

Biking Real Soon Now

I have yet to get out on my bike. I found my hiking boots so maybe tonight if the rain stays away I will get on the bike. I am down to one crutch. Start physical therapy Friday evening. Ankle is a bit stiff and the range of motion needs work. I got told it has great range of motion for be trapped in a cast for eight weeks. I started in on moving it the minute I got it out of the cast. Saturday night after I finished doing my "homework" it swelled up real bad, no good. Iced it and on I go. The range of motion is getting better, but it still hurts now after swelling which still hasn't gone all the way down.

Out of the Cast and into the Boot

Here is the last hour before I got the cast off, with matching crutches.


My new footwear!

I can start the walking game and adding weight. In two to four weeks I will be free of crutches and boot (maybe a bit longer on the boot). The in six weeks I can start running but no pounding or running till then. BUT I can BIKE! with hiking boots and using my heel at first!!!!!!

Freedom.

Whittier Tunnel Walk - Finished & Fun

The top picture is in the Whittier Tunnel and the bottom picture is Me, Steve and Merlan at the start. This was also a Volkssporting Event. Merlan and I signed up to start Volkssporting and this was our first event. We hope to do many more. We walked the tunnel in 58 minutes quite long for a 5k walk but we stopped to take lots of pictures and visit the emergency shelter. This I hope to do next year on two feet.

Mosquito Meander - Finished

I finished the Mosquito Meander in 48:11, preety slow for a 5k. It is far easier to run a 10k race than push the knee walker 5k. It was fun and I am glad I did it.
The picture is me approaching the finish.

Whittier Tunnel Walk

On Sunday I am joining friends in Anchorage and walking the tunnel to Whittier. The tunnel used to be just for trains and now you can drive. The walk is a 5K. You have to wear a bike helmet or hard hat. I have wanted to do this for years and this year the timing is great. Monday I get the cast off in Anchorage! Pictures later, this will be fun. More training.

Information about the tunnel here.

Whittier Tunnel Walk Information here.