Foot Update

I went to a podiatrist on Tuesday since my foot has been acting up again. I heard the worst 2 words I could have heard...Stress Fracture - 3rd metatarsal. Seriously? Oh yes, no running for 6 weeks. Great! I didn't want to do good or anything this year anyway - being VERY sarcastic. As of now, I don't have a cast or anything on it, but if the pain doesn't go away within 3 weeks, I have to go back and get a boot cast put on. So I will not be running for 4 weeks and then weeks 5 and 6 I will get on the eliptical and see how that feels. After 6 weeks, I will have 4 weeks until my first races - Dam to Dam and Bluff Creek Triathlon - same weekend. I am going to have to forget about having a PR for those 2 events (atleast for the Dam to Dam and the running part of the triathlon) because I won't have built enough mileage back up to do any speed work. I will barely just get enough mileage in to finish them. Probably end of June before I can to do any real speed work. I think I am most dissapointed because I wanted to do really well for my first races. Other than that, I dont really think the long miles will help me in the Ironman anyway. I will still have to walk most of it, lol. Now I have added weight training back into my schedule 3 days a week and I am going to try to get in a 4th or maybe 5th day of swimming. I will definately up the intensity on the bike to help me keep my endurance that I have already built and perhaps add a 6th day of biking. In a couple weeks, I am hoping to get out on the mountain bike and work on hills since that is my weakness, but that is putting the pressure on my foot where it hurts. I will have to wait and see. Seeing my new disc wheel helps to ease the pain :)