I went to see the podiatrist again on Thursday. He was surprised I was in the boot again, but I explained what happened at the street fair. He took a new set of x-rays and says the bone looks better. I'm somewhat encouraged. He said he's all for me taking the boot off now and start walking on it, but I told him I wanted to keep in on for six consecutive weeks since I don't really have time to screw up with the healing again. He said that was fine, as long as I took a couple of days off the boot before I see him again a three and a half weeks.
The problem is that the boot has been throwing off my left knee for some reason. I'm kind of concerned since it was a kind of knee pain I haven't had before. My original plan was to keep it on another two and a half weeks, but I can't afford to mess up the knee, so I'm going to try transitioning into the walking boots (which the podiatrist liked as a post walker boot idea) right now and just carrying the walker boot around. I did that yesterday afternoon and so far no pain. I hope I haven't done something bad to my knee x_x That is the last thing I need to be happening.
So I would have started my 16 week marathon program two Monday's ago if I were on a non-modified. Instead I've just been hitting the gym and doing a lot of cycling. I'm not cardioing hard enough to see significant weight loss, but I see improvements in the conditioning from my weight training. I'm hoping this carries along to the race itself.
I'm feeling a bit better about the race. It'll be okay if I don't finish...I'm going to do my best, but it won't be the end of the world. Feeling less dire about it does make me feel better.
Off to do another "long run" biking session at the gym! Good thing no one really likes the recumbent bikes that much that I can pretty much stay on it as long as I want :3
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