Injured!

Well, I followed the down-time plan in Cancun well -- but the results have been disasterous! I injured every limb except my right arm and came down with a bad cold. All of the injuries were accidents or non-excercise related. The first and worst one was getting my leg bent backwards by a wave while picking up the kids. This injury is actually worse than it sounds, because I believe it re-aggravated a much more chronic one that I had 7 or 8 years ago. That one took me over six months to recover -- and ended that particular stint of my running career.

The second injury came from a pick-up soccer game. It was supposed to be pretty harmless, as there were lots of kids on the beach area, making it difficult to make sudden bursts (where injuries reside). However, I ended up getting kicked really hard in the foot by an adult, bruising the entire outside of my foot. I swore tendons, etc were casualties of this ill-fated activity. As it turns out, I think I'll be fine to ride again by the time we're in Kirkland.

I injured my left arm the next day while throwing the kids around in the pool. It's all fun and games until Dad ends up in the hospital! I think I aggravated chronic burcitous, but it's REALLY painful when I move it in certain directions. Luckily, the swimming motion doesn't involve any of those directions.

My first thing to do Monday morning is to find a GREAT sports doctor -- who takes Microsoft insurance. I could be on a long road to recovery after this 'recovery' week.