Toes, the Real Achilles' Heel

I'm pissed. I thought my title was totally original. It came to me while riding home tonight from the gym and I was psyched. BUT, I just Googled it to check and what do you know... Somebody already said it! I swear there's nothing left to say that hasn't already been said. I feel like someone just snatched my wallet out of my front pocket (because that's harder to do right?) and I couldn't stop them. Because I didn't have arms.

So anyway, I jumped in the pool on Monday and jacked my big toe on the edge during takeoff. I thought it was broken for sure.


I iced it for a couple days and just surfed the couch in hopes of it healing fast. Today I decided it probably wasn't broken and thought I would test it out at the gym just to see. Turns out it's not better yet, and more importantly I learned that you can't really climb without a big toe. Yeah, I sucked. Well, sucked more than usual. I couldn't even get my climbing shoe on my right foot so I ended dinking around in my Sambas. Which leads to me riding home, which was linked to the title, which was actually stolen away by Mr. Stetz in his article from last March...

Toe injuries can sideline even the toughest

It turns out my theory was correct - toes are the real Achilles' heel. If you don't believe me just ask Jack Lambert, he'll tell ya. And then he'll eat a hammer (raw) and punch you in the forehead just because. Go Steelers.