rehab is going well

It's been about 10 days since the doc said I don't have a stress fracture.  I finally got a run in on Sunday.  10 minute walk, 5 minute run, 5 walk, 5 run.  I walked to and from the little dirt track around the drainage field a few blocks from the house before starting the prescribed walk/run interval.  I ended up with some ankle pain in the left leg but I wrote that off as a side effect of wearing the boot for a week and a half and having all the little muscles in my ankle, foot, and lower leg immobilized for such a long time.  The pain lingered for a couple days but hasn't come back since.

I went to my first physical therapy session on Tuesday.  A lot of notes taken about things she saw and a couple of stretches recommended to strengthen totally unrelated areas.  She thinks the left leg got sore after compensating for weaknesses in my right leg.  Sounds plausible.

I spent about 45 minutes on the elliptical on Tuesday evening before going to study for finals.   Upped the intensity a little bit to get the HR up some more.  I went in for another PT session yesterday afternoon.  Got a nice massage on the calf and left leg.  She then taped my leg.  When she told me she was going to tape the leg to offer some support where the calf muscle attaches to the tibia, I imagined the lower leg being wrapped tightly.  However, she took a long strip of sports tape, ran it from just below my knee all the way down towards my shin right on top of the tibia.  Towards the ankle, she cut the strip in half and then wrapped it around under my foot.  The only thing I can feel is how bad it's going rip out leg hairs when I go to pull it off.

Went for another run last night.  5 walk, 5 run for 30 minutes.  Didn't have any issues with the leg. Things feel pretty good today, too.  Planning on getting some quality time on the elliptical or the bike this afternoon and then another run on Sunday.  Looking at the rest of the plan, I should be running for an hour by the end of June.  After that I'll spend a few weekends going to Barr Trail and back and then a couple weeks of training on the summit.