Today is January 2, 2012. I decided I needed to try and keep this a little more up to date. The last time I checked in I was hurting a little bit and waiting for the surgeon to fix me up. On October 3rd I got a nice titanium plate and 12 screws installed. The drugs were good and it didn't hurt to much. Seems there were a lot of small pieces that he couldn't screw together but he figured they would knit okay. I think the worst pain was in all the groin and leg muscles I pulled. That slowed my running way down, that and running with one arm strapped to my chest. The balance thing is not over rated that's for sure. So my training was slowed down but not stopped and I pretty much continued my program of running with 40 mile bike rides on Sunday's. The bike rides helped a lot. I got off the pain meds within a week. I hate feeling like that. Deborah helped me to focus and as I was not working from the end of September until October 24th, I had lots of time to train and rest. My weight dropped down to 137 at the lowest. I was eating but I guess the healing took a lot of energy as well. This is what I looked like on a run.
The weekend of the Big Sur 1/2 Marathon finally came. We went to the expo on Saturday and managed to spend a few dollars and talk to a few people. It started raining the night before the run. It stopped just before we went to the start line. We finished the run in 2hrs 17mins. I was happy to finish. I got a lot of people yelling out "Hey broken arm guy, way to go". Sometimes it was just "one armed guy". People were very supportive. It started raining a cold rain within 10 minutes of our finish. We went straight to the car and didn't hang out. We stayed at the Jabberwok Inn. It is our favorite B&B and I strongly recommend it if you are going to Monterey. You won't find a better place. Our room had a Jacuzzi, fireplace, a beautiful view of the bay and a decanter of brandy. Needless to say we stayed in the tub for a long, long time and we demolished the brandy. It is a recovery drink I'm told. That night we had a wonderful dinner with a bay view. The next morning was my birthday and we spent the day cruising Carmel shopping for Christmas and then wine tasting in the Carmel Valley. The next day we had a leisurely breakfast and drove home. I can't think of a better way to spend a birthday weekend.
The weekend of the Big Sur 1/2 Marathon finally came. We went to the expo on Saturday and managed to spend a few dollars and talk to a few people. It started raining the night before the run. It stopped just before we went to the start line. We finished the run in 2hrs 17mins. I was happy to finish. I got a lot of people yelling out "Hey broken arm guy, way to go". Sometimes it was just "one armed guy". People were very supportive. It started raining a cold rain within 10 minutes of our finish. We went straight to the car and didn't hang out. We stayed at the Jabberwok Inn. It is our favorite B&B and I strongly recommend it if you are going to Monterey. You won't find a better place. Our room had a Jacuzzi, fireplace, a beautiful view of the bay and a decanter of brandy. Needless to say we stayed in the tub for a long, long time and we demolished the brandy. It is a recovery drink I'm told. That night we had a wonderful dinner with a bay view. The next morning was my birthday and we spent the day cruising Carmel shopping for Christmas and then wine tasting in the Carmel Valley. The next day we had a leisurely breakfast and drove home. I can't think of a better way to spend a birthday weekend.
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