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...
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...
I learned something new today: Last week this time I had the kind of super fitness required to participate in the Freedom Swim. Less than a week later I found myself hobbling from the parking lot to my orthopedic surgeon’s office, reaching my max heart rate...
