Old Man Still running

Update:  Some progress.  For the past two months I've had two spots on my leg that have given me the most grief.  One is in the location of the stress fracture.  The other I suspect was an inflamed bursa.   That at times was far worse than the fracture area.  That pain has been gone for about a week.  So that is progress.   The fracture area pain is going down little by little.  There is a cool bump on the bone across my leg where the layer over the bone is trying to fix things, putting down a patch.  It is noticable when you look at it.  If I press on it, there is very little pain.

But there is other stuff, pain behind the knee, pain down into the calf.  Stuff that might just be some swelling, nerve problems, or mucles and tendons complaining from recovery or not being used.  I think once the bone heals, that stuff will be gone.

I'm feeling fat, so as soon as they get our community pool filled again (maintenance), I'll get into a workout routine.   Saturday I tried a little bike and eliptical, but if still felt like it is too much.  Any pain in the facture area is probably too much.

Slow healing....discouraging.   At this point just putting away any hopes to run again soon and doing other things.

51st anniversary of my father's sudden death.  A date I always remember.

Congrats to all the Boston runners, I was thinking about you today, remembering my fond memories running in 2010.

Well, it has been 9 weeks since I ran 100 miles on my busted leg and busted it up more.  I think improvement.  It is getting to the point when I feel any pain at all I'm discouraged.  I seem to forget that just several weeks ago, I couldn't do much.   Pain is now very low for short walks (around the house, etc.).

Researched more about stress fracture healing.  The callus lumps on the bone start at point on the fracture furthest from the initial point of fracture.  That is indeed what is going on for me.  The largest bump is now over the spot that was hurting me 14 weeks ago, and also a spot that would hurt now and then for the past couple years.

I'm still have a very long way from running.   I'm trying to shed some pounds by swimming.  Watching Biggest Loser while eating ice cream isn't working.

Good pool workout, a mile+ and kick workout and aqua "jogging."  Really boring.  Funny to watch the few people who come that early.  One that comes almost every morning around 5 a.m. is a lady who wears a big shower cap.  She never gets her head under the water.  She does this little dog paddle and then does hops and arm movements.  I'm sure it is helping some because she is so dedicated, but refusing to get he hair wet is kind of funny.

Another guy came today.  All he did was walk in the pool across the lanes, coming close to getting in the way of the swimmers using the lanes.  I couldn't figure out the value of this walking back and forth.  He didn't appear to have an injury.  Oh well.

Another guy who comes often, swims freestyle with his head poking up, causing his feet to drag down in the water.  I want to give him some pointers about keeping his head down, but I know my stroke isn't perfect.