trial of miles; miles of trials

thanks for compiling all the stress fracture info -- it is/will be super helpful for a lot of people on here.

is this your first week on a vegan diet? i was vegan for a few years, but then i got on this greek yogurt kick and it all went out from there. for the most part i still follow a veg diet, with the occasional piece of fish (eggs and dairy are back in full force). nut butter + celery and hummus + anything were (and still are) my favorite vegan staples.

It is actually my third week! I love it. I am lactose intolerant and didn't eat red meat so it really wasn't much of a change. Greek yogurt is awesome though.

I'm glad you like the fractures post. Writing it was good for me. I tried running again the last two weeks but I am having pain in both legs, so I have spent a lot of time recently in an irrational depression.

i've never been a red meat eater either -- i don't like it. fish is about as far as i will go.

as for your legs -- i definitely understand the frustration. just give it time. in my experience, the pain lingers for quite sometime. i was told that the muscles/tendons have to be stretched and realigned around the newly formed bone callus and that can cause pain and discomfort. it's definitely disconcerting to run with pain on a recently healed bone, but i was also told that once the bone is healed it is much stronger and therefore not likely that it will refracture in the same spot. that said, you have to be careful and be in tune with the pain -- maybe your legs just aren't quite ready yet. better to continue to take it easy than risk going through the whole healing process all over again. i wore a compression sleeve for about two months after my fracture healed, and that seemed to help (if nothing else, mentality it made me feel better -- like i was "cradling" the bone).

Thank you for the informative post on stress fracture in the discussion forum. I've had two stress fractures (in the same foot) this year, 5th metatarsal in Feb and 4th metatarsal in May. Your post is very helpful. Thanks for spending the "no running time" to research and write it. So sorry you're having pain in both legs. You're doing a good job cross training, taking care of your body and staying positive. Best wishes for a quick and complete healing. :)