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HE-LO TE! I thought of titling this "I'M BAAAAAACK", but thought I'd save that rather creepy line for in here!

Running Mommy told me you all were wondering where I was! (Oh, the miracles of Facebook) I'm doing great, John and I are going strong, and I'm contemplating training for a Century or maybe a half.

I had surgery on my left foot 2/23/09, and the recovery has felt excruciatingly slow. Because I'm a health care provider, I think I should get half off my recovery time, right? Not so much. I had horrible bunions on the left foot which were making it very hard to walk, or run, or bike. Or do my job, or go to the grocery store, or sleep through the night...you get the idea. So they operated on bones on both sides of the foot. It turns out that bone recovery is way more intense than any other surgery I've ever had. I have a lot more respect for what it takes to make (or remake) a bone.

That said, we've been out on the bikes twice, 7.5 miles two weeks ago, and 15.5 miles on Sat. The Sat. ride included replacing a flat tube (John was impressed with my skills--thanks for teaching me everything I know, ladies). We were looping home from a lovely ride, and going to stop by my mom's when the tube blew. Perfect timing, cuz my 73 yr old mom has a great Topeak pump! I don't know if she's going to ride this year, but she was quite the cyclist in her day. And her "day" started in her late 50s, when she quit smoking.

I'm the director of our nurse-midwifery practice now, which means I get to exercise my desire to run the show AND don't have to work so many night shifts! Whoo-hoo!

I gained at least 6# while sitting around letting my foot heal, and I am really eager to lose about 15# at least. I want to get back to looking like I did in the Bianchi link below. I'm thinking training for a century would be a good motivator. Mom is still a member of the Evanston Bicycle Club, and does SAC for the ride every year. I've never done it. I think I'm pretty much done with triathlons, just because I despise being kicked in the head during the swim. Plus I'm a lousy swimmer. I'm thinking long bike rides and maybe the occasional half-marathon. I'm not much of a walker right now, much less runner, but every week is better and better.

Well, that's enough blither-blather from me. I'm looking forward to getting caught up with old pals and meeting new ones!