Training "wheels"

Here I am running up and down the road at Creamer's Field>

Training on four wheels

Even though I can't get my right foot on the ground yet I am trying to spend time in my knee walker doing long walks. I will try to get a picture of my training to add here. Anyone who gets stuck on crutches and can put weight on their knee and bend it should use this. It is freedom. I am like a little kid on a scooter.

Business Cards

I ordered business cards to hand our to help with my fund raising as well as to include in the letters.




I ordered them from blockbusterprint.com because they had free shipping and then they upgraded me to heavier card stock and 2-Day Air with UPS.

Got the Go Ahead - Sort of

Yesterday I gave up my splint on my foot/ankle for a cast. Five week in this. I fits pretty good. With the swelling way down and the bad spots from a the sweating mostly cleared up I got the cast. While I was sitting there after it was put on I asked the PA about doing the Equinox. A long pause of no response so I said "Walking" and he said that was a good goal. Great now I have taken down one barrier. I stopped by at physical therapy to drop off my old boot to see if it was still usable. As I was leaving I told them I was doing the Equinox and I got back "Walking?" It looks like I have support there too which I will need.

June 15 the cast comes off and the boot goes on and I start to apply weight to my foot. Then 6 weeks of building back up to walking!

I still need to check with the Dr. in Anchorage but last time he had no problem with me starting to run. If it is healed go ahead. I also have hockey starting in the fall. He plays hockey so he understands the need to get going.

I did it

Wednesday I went to the Team in Training meeting with no hope of being able to make the Equinox this year. I was on crutches and every step was work. I can't even think of putting any weight on my foot until June 15. Then I have six more week in a boot. During that time I will slowly start to add weight. I had a fund raising idea,a Cook Book, so I went. It got some interest.

Thursday evening I got my knee walker and getting around was far better. I could move!

Saturday I went to the meeting again. This time there would be a fund raising clinic too. I went and as I sat through the information I started to think I could walk it. Now that I was getting more mobile I could build up walking distance with the knee walker even now. So I committed to the Equinox Marathon.

I also had one helper for the Cookbook, Leigh for the layout and such.

I now have a wiki site to with the cookbook information: tntcookbook.wikispaces.com

I also now have $25 toward my $1,500. Go to my site and donate. Please