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One month after suffering a grade 3 AC joint separation I am definitely on the road to recovery, but still a long way short of back to “normal”.

I’ve been doing my resistance-band exercises plus the Plank exercise each day for a few weeks now and the strength is slowly returning. I haven’t gone back to the gym yet but I think I’m only a few days away.

Tonight I was able to do a few push-ups which made me feel really good. I have been able to do 15 “countertop” push-ups for about a week, but I have to do most push actions extremely slowly to control any movement in the AC joint, and by slowly I mean 5 seconds up, 5 seconds down.

On December 4, three weeks after getting hit by a car, I ran the Las Vegas half-marathon in 1:44:11.

I was very nervous about how my shoulder would hold up, but it was ok.  I had to run with my left elbow held tightly against my ribs to limit movement in the AC joint, and as soon as the race was over I headed to the medical tent for an ice pack to prevent excessive swelling.

On December 4, three weeks after getting hit by a car, I ran the Las Vegas half-marathon in 1:44:11.

I was very nervous about how my shoulder would hold up, but it was ok. I had to run with my left elbow held tightly against my ribs to limit movement in the AC joint, and as soon as the race was over I headed to the medical tent for an ice pack to prevent excessive swelling.

On November 14, 2011 I was hit by a car while cycling to work. My performance in the collision resembled that of a Hollywood stuntman in his prime - airborne, crashed onto the hood, airborne again, slammed into a parked car, and finally came to rest on the road. The result was a grade 3 AC separation in my shoulder.

I was wearing a helmet which now bears a 2-inch crack, but at least that crack was in the helmet and not in my skull.

I’ve had great success on Tim Ferriss’ 4 Hour Body “Slow Carb” diet. I lost about 20lb in a little over a month and have come to really enjoy eating this way. What surprised me most was that I actually had 20lb to lose. I’m 5'10" and was 170lb at the start of the diet, and now I’m down to 150lb and can almost see my abs.

Being vegetarian presented some limitations but overall it was pretty easy. Here’s what my typical day looks like: