The dreaded words, "you'll have to have surgery" and my first question was "how long until I can run?" First, because it's an assumption people seem to make, having surgery is not due to a running injury and in no way due to running. On the bright side, I have an excellent surgeon who is a runner and when I found out I would have to have surgery he understood my wanting to wait until after Chicago but not wait too long that I wouldn't be ready for my first half on Jan 15. He just gets it :)

So on Tuesday at 12:30 I'm having surgery followed by a quick recovery and 2 weeks of no running. 2 weeks of no running! No worries. I have a plan.
Goal: Recover and be ready to start P90X2 on Sunday, January 1 and run my first of 12 half marys on January 15.
Plan (contingent on a great recovery, which I fully expect, and no risk of returning to running too soon):
- Be grateful that yes this is surgery but it's not too serious.
- Return to work on 11/14.
- Start the Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge 2011 on 11/19.

- Start Shakeology on 11/20 and test Beachbody claims of "the healthiest meal of the day."

- Gradually start running on 11/22 using the remainder of the week for short easy runs.
- Begin a training plan for the 1/15 half mary on 11/27.
- Run the Thanksgiving Day Race 2011 on 11/24.
- Run the Jingle Bell Run 5K 12/10.
What will I do with my down time (not a big fan of down time)?
- play more board games with Chad, Alec and Alyssa
- catch up on magazines
- catch up on DVRd True Blood and Game of Thrones
- hopefully have everything ready to finally transfer blogs
- finish reading Run Less Run Faster and come up with a training plan
- finalize plans with iFitness for Twelve in Twenty-Twelve
- plan the Thanksgiving menu (this year I'm using Cooking Light Magazine)
That should work. Enough to keep me focused and distracted.
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How would you spend your down time if you were told you couldn't run or workout?
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