The pity party is over

I admit that I was bummed out about my foot, and especially about not being able to run for a few months, missing the nice cool fall running weather. It took me so long to increase my strength and stamina and endurance, and to be able to slowly run those relatively short distances, and I am not looking forward to going back to square one. But, I will. I'll quit saying (and thinking) how much I dislike riding the stationary bike; and I'll keep faithfully riding it to keep up my leg strength. I'll faithfully ice and stretch and keep up a modified fitness routine for the duration, so that I can eventually return to the job of convincing my unwilling, middle-aged body that it can run. I'm not going down without a fight.