Ok. It's been a while that I haven't any any cast on... since the beginning of October. Lots has changed since then... so I haven't blogged about my ankle for a while. After I got that darn cast off, I could barely walk.
At physical therapy I pretty much had to re-learn how to walk. Limping can cause other problems, and I really didn't want that to happen. The physical therapist gave me some exercises to do to strength my ankle back up. With a couple visits, I was making progress. I started to go out for walks (...and, ok, I did do a LITTLE jogging during them). Then, the physical therapist gave me the ok to walk for a couple minuets, then jog for a couple minuets, and repeat that a couple times. Each week I was to increase the amount of jogging.
The first couple times I went for a walk/jog (about mid-November) I felt like I was flying. But, then my leg realized that it hadn't been used for a while. Everything in my leg hurt! A day after I would do some walking/jogging I was pretty much limping.
About two weeks ago I biked a little on our stationary bike. The next day jogging felt good! Then about last week, someone suggested to me that I maybe I should do some biking. So, this past week, I have been biking and walk/jogging every other day, and it so far has been making jogging a lot nicer.
Last Saturday there was a benefit 5k for this guy at our church who has cancer. I really wanted to walk/jog it. I did. It was very laid back. It was slow... but that was ok. It was so nice outside. It was on a bike path and then did a loop on a trail in the woods. Everything was covered with snow and it was pretty warm out. It a great "race" to start back with.
So, I haven't really had any contact with my coach since the cross country season. He sent me an email with just a question mark. But, I wasn't going to respond to just a question mark. Then, he sent me an email actually with words. I responded that I was doing some walking/jogging. Then, last week, we sent me an email saying "update". My Mom replied that I was going to walk/jog a benefit 5k. And, he replied, "Too soon!!!!". Well, I discarded that. He can't tell me what to do. And, I felt like a robot with those emails. I could tell that this benefit 5k was going to be very laid back... and it was. I didn't plan to go "hard", I wanted to do it to motivate me to get out and walk/jog and because it was for a guy with cancer. I am so glad I did it!
Only a couple weeks ago did my ankle look actually normal. I could actually see all my bones down near my ankle. That was pretty exciting!
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