Day 11!!

Yes today was day 11 of my attempted come back. The first week was pretty rough both physically and mentally. The one is obvious, but the mental part I didn' t really expect. I thought shit everything will be great once I can start to workout again. I never thought I would feel like I had never run before, and I never thought I wouldn't be able to use my right arm properly. Just figured as soon as the clavicle was good to go all would be back to normal. WOW, how wrong I was!!
I have finally just in the last couple of days started to feel like I may actually be able to run right again. The biking has gone the best of all, I really didn't feel a huge drop off. The real concern now is when and if I am going to be able to start swimming. I have now 7 1/2 weeks until Kona, and haven't swam a stroke in over 5 weeks. So thus the mental part again. Thinking starts to go like this: here I am now killing myself to get my bike and run back to pre wreck, and if I can't finish the swim than it is for nothing, and of course I can't finish the swim until I can actually start the swim. Damn!!!
The good news is that Mary starts taper in 4 more days, and then 3 weeks later we head off to IMWI where I get to watch and train while Mary goes for the gold. It will be nice to get away for a while and with my fingers still crossed, be able to put some good swim/bike/run training in.
So tomorrow will be two full weeks of rehab at Endurance with Matt (the scrapper), I sure hope next week will include me in the water starting to not drown!! :))

I'm Back!!!

Just like when Michael Jordan made his return to basketball, with his announcement by fax simply saying,"I'm back".

I to "am back".

I did my first run today after not running a step for 4 weeks. I was awesome to be back out there. My injury never hurt, but everything else sure has hell did. I have a ways to come to be pre injury, but at least now I feel like I am going forward for the first time in 4 weeks.

Much more to come over the next 9 weeks.

Stay tuned!!!!

Yes, I am alive :)))

I still don't really feel like recanting the day that has changed our lives for the last 3 1/2 weeks. I am sure at some point I will go there, but right now I have something else on my mind. "MARY"

If I had ever any doubt if I had found the person to spend the remainder of my life with that all changed on July 12th at 9:07am. That is when Mary took over, no not like she normally does having to be in control of this or that. No this time she became even more of my everything then ever before. She was my life line for over two weeks, she was at my every beck and call, no matter how ridiculous it was, no matter if it was day or night. She feed me, bathed me, dressed me, nursed me, and never a second of complaint. I can without question state that i could have never made it through this extremely tough time with out Mary taking such amazing care of me.
She was so unbelievable, I wish I could have been a fly on the wall so as to just step back and see her at work. I can only remember bits and pieces of those first two weeks after surgery, for everything i do remember I am sure there where many more moments of struggle.
Not only do I have the most beautiful women in the world to go home to every night (Hands down), but I have "the" person that understands me, has my same likes, and most of the same dislikes, but also the same dreams and love that i have. I look forward to our long and exciting, love filled life together more everyday. Thank you my love!!!