Day 10 of spending quality time on either my bed or the couch, foot in the air. 10 days of minimal activity, where my physical achievements include crutching down the stairs to the couch in the morning, and getting off the couch to crutch back up again in the evening....
After walking with a damaged right ankle for about six months, I finally had surgery on 26 January. What with everything happening in my life – busy work season (one of my clients is the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon), the kids having just started a new school...
This story’s getting a little old now… January: overhydrate & collapse at Ironman 70.3 and wake up in the medical tent. January – March: walk around with my ankle hanging on the floor. An MRI diagnoses a non-existent peroneal tendon. April:...
In just a little bit over a month I’ll be starting my 2014 Ironman 70.3 training. It will be my second attempt to finish, after a spot of over-hydration took me out of the race and into the medical tent earlier this year. Yeah… I was a little over-zealous...
People have taken to calling me Hopalong. Friends, colleagues, family – I should have seen it coming… Anyhoo, after a quick visit to Dr Narramore’s office yesterday, the good news is that my foot is healing well. It all started with two concerned...
So here I am, back on my bed, with my foot propped up on four pillows. The cut is burning (is that a good or bad sign?) and every time I move my foot inside the cast it feels like a thousand tiny woodpeckers are chipping away at the bone (is that a good or bad...
