Running with a Baby and Fracture

First things first, last Thursday morning (the 17th) Michele and I welcomed into this world a beautiful baby girl. AEY and mom are doing fantastic. Dad on the other hand is back in the office wondering how in the hell he's ever going to catch up on sleep, hang out with family and run. Seriously though, I'm still on the highest of highs since monkey entered our lives.

Over 2 weeks ago, I fractured my left radius bone near the elbow and feared that I wouldn't be able to hold our little one. Well thankfully it wasn't an issue. While holding her, the pain seems to just go away.


As noted, it's been two plus weeks since I busted up my left wing and there's still a good amount of discomfort. Thankfully the pain I dealt with immediately after the fracture is gone, but the discomfort annoyance is something I deal with all day. The annoyance stemming from the lack of a normal range of motion and strength.

Therapy/Rehab is going great but I'm not out of the woods just yet. The fracture doesn't seem to want to set correctly and the insertion of pins still might happen. More will be known in a few weeks.

With regards to running, lacking any normal range of motion and the swelling has had its impact. Pain is also evident when I pull on my socks and tie my shoe laces. At least I can look at my watch now. The rotation of the left wrist was painful at one point and now just requires full and slow attention for the rotation to be completed.

Thankfully the running has come around. What started out as time off transitioning to slow jogs with Bisbee has finally turned into productive outings. And of course the new found motivation that comes along with being lucky enough to be a father doesn't hurt one bit.