Oh happy day (yesterday)!

I did not think I'd be writing this so soon, but I was officially cleared to run yesterday!  Yes, you read that right!  No, I'm not making that up!  Seriously!  :-)

Yesterday was my 4 week follow-up appointment with the ortho in Jupiter.  Honestly, I wasn't sure why I was even going, but I figured it was worth it just to go & ask about physical therapy.  It started out as the usual doctor visit with the "How's everything going?" question.  As has been my standard answer for about the last 4 weeks, "I feel great, but I'm not really doing anything where I shouldn't feel great."  We talked about my weekly mileage prior to the injury, the doctor did some mental math, and then said I could start running!  Half-mile run, a mile walk, a half-mile run, and that's it!  I can do that 4 times a week.  The following week, I can up it to a mile run, a mile walk, a mile run.  Of course, I asked how fast this could be.  While there wasn't a physical eye roll, I'm sure he was mentally doing that!  Honestly, my pace will suck.  I'll be lucky if I can do 8 min/mile (which was never anything "special" prior to the injury unless it was a 12+ mile run).  His answer, in case you're wondering, was to take an "average pace" and add 30 seconds per mile to it.

I know you think that I would come right home from that appointment yesterday and get right to running!  Trust me, I wanted to do just that!  But honestly, I don't want to hurt my crotch any more than I already have.  (My sister & I have had a running joke since this happened about how I hurt my crotch.  I know, it's slightly inappropriate, but if you can't be immature and inappropriate with your sister, who else would not find it offensive?  Miley Cirus????)  Here's my plan: I've got my physical therapy appointment for next Friday.  (They couldn't get me in any sooner; I asked and even begged!)  Between now & then, I'll continue to power-walk the 'hood and do some elliptical workouts.  It won't kill me (although it feels like it will) to not run a bit longer.  As Joan said, you know how fast a week goes!