Done and done.

The surgery is done.  What a great day it was.  Lots of good (legally given) drugs were used and I'm Super OK with that!

I went to Cottonwood Surgery Center in Murray and they are awesome there.  They take what my insurance pays even though they are out of network.  Giving me the same discount as if I was in network.  

Here is the star of the show:

Dr. Preece

I promised him it wouldn't end up on Facebook!  I felt super comfortable in his care.

Signature on the leg.

Pain spots.  Marks so he can really pinpoint the most pain and scar tissue.

Look, I even painted my toes and shaved my legs.  Fancy.

It was weird being rolled into the OR and getting on the OR bed and my arms going out on the holders.  Then those magic words, "I just gave you something to relax you".  I don't remember one thing after that until they woke me up and I was feeling FINE!

First look at the boot

Daniel was a trooper and waited for me and came back after I was done.

Amber.  What a great nurse!  She took awesome care of me.

Ready to go with all my take-homes.

 Free gift to go!

I couldn't eat the crackers but the cup is cool and it came with some tea.

Healing begins.  Iced and elevated.

Made homemade almond milk last night and a big glass of it was perfect for an after surgery refresher.

New Jammies number ONE

The surgery center send me home with these handy little SCD type devices.  They are small but are designed to keep blood flow going and prevent Blood clots.  They were fine at first but they kinda pop and I would be falling asleep and then POP and it would scare me a little.

Handy little device!

While I was having surgery my shoes came!

I have been wearing my Mizuno's for about 3 months everyday and thought it would be good with the surgery to get some new shoes that are good and stable. I found these sweet Saucony's on clearance!  Boom!

So I spend the first 48 hours laying around and keeping my foot elevated.  Icing and medicating.  The only bad thing about Percocet is that I don't sleep well on them.  So far pain is well controlled with minimal meds. 

I'm even been able to stick with Whole30 thanks to Daniel and some pre-made delights.  I feel pretty good and have great hopes that this surgery will help me.  

Now, what do I do for the next few days?

Blog on..................

Making it work and hardly working

Today was a intervals/speed day.  I have a love/hate relationship with speed work.  Best part is being done, but I love the way it makes running at tempo pace feel easy.  I am in a constant state of changing up my training.  The basics are the same, but in the past I have always just stepped out for a run and throwing in a long run occasionally and TADA!  I was done.  In the past 2 months I've really been stepping it up and trying to find what is best for me.  So I did more interval research and decided to do 6X400's.  I probably would have done 8, but I had an early meeting before my shift started and it takes a lot to drag my butt out of bed sometimes.  This is the first time I've done speed work at this altitude and I sure felt it.

Plan was to run 400 meters fast and then a 400 meter cool down walk/jog.  

Easy .30mile warm up (to the nearest flat, long road)

Speed times

1- 1:54:86

2- 1:59:25

3- 2:03:19

4- 2:02:51

5- 1:58:49

6- 2:00:82

Total time including cool down walk: 38:09 minutes

Max HR: 171

Fastest pace 7:06 min/miles

Burned 363 calories 

Not bad.?.  I didn't have a goal time for the 400's.  This evening I was reading more about short intervals to boost speed in Runners World.  There was a couple of workouts listed in the article, "The Fast Lane" that I would like to try out.  They were a little more detailed in how fast to run each interval and longer too.  I do like to mix it up.

Unfortunately that was the highlight of my day.  Patient transports are way down this month and we are just slow.  So after my meeting I made breakfast and started icing the foot. 

I forgot my ace wrap, but not my ice.  Nothing a little two inch tape won't fix.  I love my bright socks.  There is no way to see them when I'm working and they make me smile.  In the winter I have to wear warm thick socks so I'm taking advantage of the clown look.  My heel wasn't feeling that great this morning and I actually iced and massaged it twice.  Once before a nap, and once after a nap.  Something about watching the Olympics that makes me doze off.  

Some would think that it is an awesome job you have when you can nap.  I can't disagree, but I can disagree when I spend two weeks up in Rock Springs and not one flight.  We have a nice apartment to stay in and the weather has been awesome for running but I think I'll loose my mind if it doesn't pick up soon.  We are also limited on what we can do, because we have to be ready to leave as soon as we get a call.  

Great news - I get to read about running all day long!

Better news - I'll start rotor training next month!

Blog on...............

Suffer

From insomnia and boredom. I already bought some running socks - orange - and now I've eaten 3/4th of a container of delicious ice cream made from coconut milk.

Carb loading for my rest day!

I'd be skinny and rich if I could sleep easier and always remember a book to read!