Category: Fitness

I started running four years ago. I made steady progress over the years culminating with running a respectable 9-minute mile in the Baconfest 5K in November. Then I broke my right ankle, and it all stopped … but perhaps not[…]

I’m walking in the morning again. After a many months hiatus brought on by the #BrokenAnkleSaga, I’m once again able to go for walks, albeit modest ones. My morning walks range from .5 to 1.5 miles depending on whether  I’m[…]

You wouldn’t think something so simple would be so hard, but break your ankle and then wrap your foot in a cast/boot for two months and you’ll find walking becomes a difficult, half-remembered skill to be remastered. I’m two weeks[…]

The next phase of healing in the Broken Ankle Saga began last week with my first visit to the physical therapist. The boot is still on and will be until early April, but I’m walking without crutches and I’m cleared[…]

The Broken Ankle Saga continues, though it might be better described as the Healing Ankle Saga. In the week and a half since my last post, a lot has improved: I have almost no numbness in my foot and the[…]

My broken ankle is a little less broken now. A month after the surgery to put my ankle back together, all of the hardware installed in my ankle is holding true, the bones are slowly healing and I’ve upgraded from[…]

I broke my right ankle on Dec. 30, 2017. And in so doing, transformed my 2018. Heading into the new year I’d been mulling other things I wanted to accomplish: running another 5K, getting back into swimming, maybe writing another[…]