Non Compliance

2017 kicked off well, with a lot of hiking, yoga and personal training. In mid-February, though, I did a hard hike on Mount Tam and found myself unable to walk on my right foot a few days later. The suspect? A stress fracture in my cuboid bone (the outside of foot below ankle bone).

I started with a cast on my foot, but it bothered me to the point I ask them to take it off, and promised to wear a walking boot all the time. And I do, although i take it off to drive... and sometimes at home... 

In a walking boot, I resorted to the only fitness option remaining- swimming. It was a hard sell to my brain, but after 2 or 3 times I was back in love with a sport I haven't done since high school. It's been about two months now, and I'm still digging the swimming. It's also made me realize that WOW, DO I MISS WALKING! It's funny how when I was hiking, i missed running. Now that I only swim, i miss walking. 

My sister texted the other day to say she broke her ankle. The doctor asked if she'd really wear the brace since "she had a history of non-compliance." I looked down to see my bare foot and the boot on the floor....non-compliant must run in the family.