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I've been having some pain on the top of my right foot recently.  I tried to run through it for a couple weeks and it finally said, "No!!!"  So I made a foot with a podiatrist and have been aquajogging for the past week.  Finally got into the doc today and was diagnosed with a stress fracture

First doc said full immobilization 24/7, no cross training, nothing for at least two weeks.  I wasn't satisfied with this, so made an appointment to get a second opinion.  Unfortunately, he mostly agreed with the first doc, but as an athlete himself, understands that being forced to be completely inactive for two weeks is going to be damn near impossible for me, so he said I can aquajog, but if I'm putting any (ANY!) pressure on my foot, it needs to be in the walking boot.

Really bummed about this, but trying to stay positive and see if I can salvage my season (or maybe make an excuse to do a January race that I've wanted to do for years, but never was willing to extend a season out that far!). 

Sorry to hear Nicole.  Seems like this summer has not been too kind to our little group.  Hope everything works out and heals properly.

Nicole - that sucks badly.  I would have hoped you could have at least kept riding or swimming.  2 weeks is tough, but you should hopefully not lose too much. fitness.

No kidding!  I am trying to avoid the curse because I have a race scheduled for October.

I was thinking about that.  They probably don't want any standing on the bottom or pushing off the wall.  But maybe open water swimming would be ok?

Ya, it's getting dangerous out here!  

Nicole, I hope it heals up quickly for you.

Yeah, that's what my doctor said -- no pressure on the ball of my foot unless it's in the walking boot.  So aquajogging (deep water with flotation belt) and OWS are fine.  He specifically said he doesn't trust me to remember (every single time!) to not push off the wall....and I agree, it would be very easy to forget.

I'm registered for Miami 70.3 in October (and an Oly in September), so currently trying to salvage that.  I'm not too worried about the swimming, or even the biking (two weeks off the bike should be salvageable)....but quite concerned about running, given that it's not a strength of mine.  Won't make the final call until sometime in September.  Hopefully aquajogging is as good as everyone says it is!

Hey Nicole, sorry about the stress fx. It might be worth asking the doc if you could include running on an Alter G (anti-gravity treadmill) into your rehab plan. Perhaps not for the first part of your recovery -  but it might be a way to increase running intensity while minimizing stress on the foot. Most of the larger PT groups around here have them and I'd bet you could find one nearby. Just a thought. 

Ughhh that sucks!!!! A couple weeks isn't too bad though. We are talking about very minimal fitness loss in that 2-3 week period. If you can keep that cardio part as strong as possible, especially with aqua-jogging. 

I got one last race in before Pikes Peak Ascent next week race report

Pretty sure nothing can truly prepare me for nearly 8,000' of elevation gain (up to 14,050.) But regardless, it's going to be an amazing experience. 

Hey, I got 10 minutes on the trainer....... 

Nice!  I think the warmup really is key for something like that.  I've always known it was the case but I've had a few instances this year where I skimped on the warmup due to crappy weather and it always results in what you describe.

The past week has been hard on cyclists here.  Two friends have been hit by cars and both were cases where the car pulled out of a side street in front of them.  Combine that with James and Chris getting hurt and it certainly has me wondering WTF is going on!  

LOL!  Thanks, I appreciate that.  

I am right on 59 and after reading a few other threads I think I will likely go with the L.  Trigeeks.ca has them on a final sale price of $225 CDN which seems like a good price.

Nice going! And yeah, warm-up is rather important for the hard efforts. I have done well in some races or workouts without as much of one, but those are more the exception than the norm. Probably a lot more failed attempts than successes though. What do you normally do for something like this?

I seem to do well when I get in at least 15 mins of riding that include 4 or 5 efforts of 30 - 45s at goal power.

Just can't please you Canadians, can we?

My coworker just ate it yesterday, breaking her fall with her face!

I guess as more people bike it just increases the odds but sheesh! Be safe my friends.

I can't wait until self driving cars are the norm.