An attempt to track the ups and downs and ins and outs of a boys attempt at, at best, becoming a semi-elite (thats at best) long distance runner

Monday, July 24, 2006

got to admit it's getting better

Shoulder and collarbone gets better everyday. Significantly better. Pain has subsided significantly, and there’s some decent colour coming out of the shoulder all down the top left hand side of my torso. Swelling seems to be going down quickly too, although there’s still enough swelling that the top part of the collarbone isn’t that well defined yet (when compared to the good collarbone on the right). drinking a lot of water. Not much appetite now. Sleeping a lot… body seems to want about 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon and can sleep for 10hours every night. But it’s healing itself really quickly. Makes me more pissed that it couldn’t work so damn fast on my shin.

Was able to do an hour Sunday morning and an hour Sunday night on the indoor trainer that Tri-athlete Erika lent me before slr.

Trying to take loads of calcium and drink lots of milk and eat just good food to provide my body with all the minerals and nutrients and all the good stuff so it can fix itself as quickly as possible. I have a follow up x-ray in just less than 3 weeks and I’d like the doctor to tell me it’s fixed by then. Also avoiding caffeine which might (according to what you read) hinder the body’s ability to absorb calcium and vit d.

Picture of me at the washington nationals cubs game on Friday night. Cause if you can’t go out running or cycling you might as well be social, right?