I saw the doctor today and he said I was ready to start my recovery. I haven't had any pain except a few twinges here and there, which he said was normal. Apparently once you've had an injury you are hypersensitive to any type of feelings - twinges, etc. - but they are not indicative of continuing issues.
I received a schedule to get me back to training. I am to start by walking 10 minutes 2 days in a row and then 20 minutes and then progress to very slow running. Cross training is highly recommended and he said I can ride as many miles as I want on my bike.
I started out with the 10 minutes walking on the treadmill today, and then I did my physical therapy which the doctor told me to do. Then I did 15 minutes on the stationary bike. No pain!
My knee seems a little sore now but it appears to be above where the stress fracture is. Nevertheless I'll make sure not to overdo it.
In other exciting news I got my sticker for my bike for the new bike room at work. It's a pretty large room and you use your ID card to get in. There are 80 people signed up to use the room but the room isn't big enough for all those bikes. It is not anticipated that everyone will be riding every day so we should still have plenty of room. There's even an air pump and a set of tools available in the room and an avid bicyclist with one of the state agencies will be leading brown bag lunches. Very cool.
Needless to say I'm psyched to start riding. Ironically, the day after I get my sticker and tell everyone I'm riding to work, an article appears about the bike trail I want to use. It's less than encouraging but I will still give the trail a try. I'll do 11 miles this weekend to see if I can do it, and then give the ride to work a try next week.
Meanwhile my two year old is sitting on the potty way past his bedtime but he IS using it. I gotta go see how it's going!
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