Not So Much A Winter's Break,More Like A Stress Fracture

I realize there,s been no activity on ye olde blog for a few weeks.....in part since there,s been no activity in my running since the Dec 19th diagnosis of a stress fracture.....a modern day version of a lump of coal in ones christmas stocking!!!!!!
To fill in the blanks here,s a cliff notes timeline of events:Tue Dec 11th on the 6th and final 600m repeat I began to feel a discomfort in my left foot,it felt as if my laces were tied too tight but I knew that wasn,t it.300m in my foot didn,t feel right and I took the wise precaution to bag it right there no sence in flogging the proverbial dead horse at the end of a repeat session,after changing out of my brand new racing flats into my regular running shoes I began my customary mile warm down,only to pull up after 2 laps,clearly something wasn,t right.
I emailed my coach the following day and told him what was going on,he said it sounded like either a bone out of place or soft tissue,either could be cured w/ rest,ice and Advil,ergo me taking a few days off of training.
Sun Dec 16th an indoor meet at PGI Landover Maryland,what should,ve been a routine mile ended up w/ me limping through the final 2 laps in 5.03 and in considerable pain,putting weight on my left foot was like treading a camel through the eye of a needle,clearly this injury was worse than I had first thought.
Mon Dec 17th emailed my teammate Ira who happens to be a foot specialist,he in turn emailed me back to say from my discription it sounded like either Planters Fasciitis{gulp!}or a torn fascia{double gulp!!}but he,d have a better idea after he,d examined my foot.
Wed Dec 19th noticed discolouration at the base of my toes prior to making my way to my app w/ Ira,upon noticing this also Ira changed his diagnosis to a stress fracture,a fact he was able to confirm by placing his thumb on my foot,I nearly went through the ceiling,the xray was mearly a formality at that point.
Said fracture was severe enough to require a cast for my foot for three weeks due to it,s nature and location,a bum note to end what had been a career season for me.I can be objective enough to say I,ve been blessed throughout my career to be mainly injury free,that said alarmingly in the past 18 months I,ve suffered a torn adductor,shin splints and now a stress fracture,old age I guess!!!
The prospect of three weeks in a cast was not one that filled me w/ the joys of the season.......oh who am I trying to kid,I,m a miserable git aroud the holidays to begin w/,this just added to the Victor Meldrew mindset,but glass half full thanks to 8 yrs at Einstien I had enough sick time to cover the three weeks while I,m in a cast.
And that dear reader/readers is where I,m at, on Mon Jan 7th 2 days away from a return to Ira,s office to remove said cast......................EUFRICKINREAKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and to go from there,I can,t sit here and talk about training schedules and revised race schedules untill after Wednesdays visit when I,ll know the extent of how well said fracture has healed and how long I will have to wear a soft cast,rest assured I,ll be posting a report late Wed/early Thurs to update you on the outcome,till then join me in some positive thoughts and prayers.
Peace Out