Guess what?

I have swam twice this week!!!- and am itching to get back on the elliptical/bike/whatever I'm allowed to do!

Now that I am settled in Johannesburg, South Africa (which is strangely a bit like Miami), and I can assess how my leg is feeling...It is great! I am glad I decided not to bring running shorts of any kind, because all I want to do is go out in the beautiful spring-like weather and run for hours and hours. And even though I of course know better and would never do that- It is the BEST feeling to WANT to do it. I was at the point with my pain when i got my diagnosis that I honestly thought I would never be able to run again it hurt so badly. So to want to hop on the elliptical or bike is the best feeling ever. I have put an email in to my doc back in NYC about the possibility of doing something other that swimming, but I will wait until I hear back from him before doing anything silly.

I can't wait to post pics of the gym I have been going to here in Johannesburg. It is literally built AROUND a pool. The 25m pool is totally open to the rest of the building and the cardio equipment surrounds and overlooks the pool. As a swimmer, it is so cool to see that! I will try to snap some pics this afternoon.

Sorry i was remiss in posting during my travels, Internet access in the hotel in New Delhi was spotty at best, despite costing over $20/day, and I wasn't online during my 10 day holiday following. Once I am back I plan on copying all my emails home into this blog for personal purposes, so if you're really interested, or bored, they will be up next month sometime. I laugh as I wrote this, b/c I kid myself that someone actually reads this :)