...Or Perhaps I'm Not Bionic After-All....
Cue the sad trombones because I've managed to break my left pinky-toe. I was in the gym, trying to get 'my swell on' and accidentally dropped a 35-pound plate on my foot, while trying to set up the Smith Machine for squats.
I knew that the maneuver was going to go wrong, but I couldn't move my foot from the way quickly enough and I crunched my toe. I was able to continue my work out, but by the time I got to work it was massively swollen and I could barely walk.
After hobbling around my office for most of the day, I was basically instructed to go and have an X-ray. The next at the doctors office it was revealed that had indeed 'fractured my fifth toe.' I was absolutely gutted. The Doc informed me that I would have to wear a 'post-surgery shoe' AKA Chinese Jump Boot and I would have to 'buddy-tape the toes.' This means taping the little pig that cried wee to the little pig that had none. As if things weren't bad enough, the Doc continued to inform me that I would have to wear the CJB for two weeks and I shouldn't run for 4-6 weeks! What a smack in the face after my recent victory. I was massively disappointed. No running for 4-6 weeks, this can't be possible!
Well... guess what? It is friggin' possible. I broke the toe on December 6, and much to most of my friend's surprise, I actually wore the CBJ the full two weeks, save one day. I have been a little flaky about taping the toes.
I did my first run on 22 December, four miles and everything seemed okay. So, I ran four miles again on the 23rd and 24th. Again, so far so good. I decided to increase the mileage on the 25th to 6 Miles and things didn't go so well. I felt kind of stiff through the run and around mile 3 my right knee started making a strange clicking sound and I could feel something wasn't quite right. When I got home I tried to stretch out and use my foam roller to take some tension out of my IT band. Nothing seemed to do the trick and the knee began to swell.
I suspect the knee is a reaction to the change in my gait because of the toe. I've also had some minor set-backs with the toe and had to go back to taping it up.
I have another appointment to see the doctor, but I have not been running and don't know if running is in my foreseeable future. This is making a drastic negative impact on my running goals for 2012. At this point, I can't even make any goals.
In Summation: Broken Pigs=Totally Suck; Wonky Knees=Also Suck; CJBs=Annoying; Faith in Mankind=Wasting Away Unfound on My Running Trail
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