Oops.....fell down....and broke my...

foot.   On January 9, 2011, I missed a step in our friends' sunken living room and broke my ankle.  It was 6 days before I was scheduled to run my first 10k race in preparation for the Goofy Challenge.

 It's hard to see where the break was but it's on the talus at the top of the ankle/foot area. 

So I was put in a soft, expanding cast for almost 3 weeks and then came the boot!  This was a highly sophisticated support boot that actually pumped up air into chambers to keep my ankle in alignment for the next 5 weeks.  I can tell you, I wasn't happy about this at all.  I did manage to get my shirt and bib number for the race but no running for me that day!  Not.a.happy.camper.

I couldn't manage the stairs with my crutches...oh yeah....I was non-weightbearing for the entire 3 weeks until I was put in the boot.....so I scooted up and down the steps on my rear.  I used a walker and crutches to go get around.  Greg had to take me to work for the first week until the dr. cleared me to drive.  I was thankful it was my left leg.  Only missed one day of work, too!

The story begins....

I decided a few years ago that I needed to add The Goofy Challenge to my bucket list.  What is the Goofy Challenge you ask?  Well, it's a 1/2 marathon on Saturday, followed by a full marathon on Sunday in Disney World.  It has taken me until now to figure out that I need to get this done!  Not sure how to go about it but just "get 'er done!" 

I started training in November, 2010.  Short runs; after all, it had been 5 years since I ran my first and only marathon and I didn't want to get too excited all at once.  After discussing this endeavor with my husband (who thought I was just plain crazy!), I knew I really wanted to do this.

Now, I can tell you Greg wasn't all that keen on the idea of me training for this run.  But after sharing with him how much it meant to me and mentioning I didn't give him much grief about building an airplane that we actually are going to fly in, he became much more supportive.  So the training began in earnest.   

This blog will capture the trials, triumphs and course of training through the next year.  Can't wait for the adventure, goofy though it is!!