Well, I never thought the day would arrive when I would get the go ahead to get off the crutches and put some weight on my left leg.  On Monday, August 29, I had my first appointment with Kevin Ivey of Ivey Physical Therapy, in Grass Valley.

Here I am doing leg lifts to activate my quad muscle, which hasn’t suffered too much.  That really amazes me because the only thing I’ve exercised in the last 3 weeks is my armpit muscles!  Crutches are evil!  In fact, Kevin was impressed with what progress I was able to make in my first visit.  Hopefully, this trend will continue.

I’ve got PT 3 times a week for the next 8 weeks, and now I can even get on my wind trainer – no resistance, but what the heck, it’s a bicycle!  I’ll let you guys know when the pain really starts.  I’ve been warned that it should happen sometime next week.

In the meantime, I’ve also been working on the muscle in between my ears.  Right now, I’m in the middle of “Talent is Overrated”, by Geoff Colvin.  Funny thing is that it reinforces a lot of what I have always done, deliberate training, but quantifies it in historical and scientific proof.  Bottom line – there is no such thing as innate talent, just serious, hard work.  It’s great to have fun, but if you’re passionate and committed about what you do, the training has a purpose and seems worthwhile.

Keep the rubber side down!