Minor setback

Three Sundays ago I did a 12 mile GTS run at the river. It was great- other than the grueling hill up Johnson’s Ferry. I swear it felt like I was running in place up that hill! It felt great to get that 12 miles in and afterwards I felt fine. I took the day off on Monday and then on Tuesday I noticed the top of my left foot was a little sore but I didn't think anything of it. I was in Kentucky for work with no option but to run on the tread mill so I set out to do 4 miles. My foot began hurting a little worse as I ran and then about an hour afterwards there was a little swelling and bruising on the top. I decided not to run Wed. on Thurs. and then when I got back in town on Friday I faxed a Team In Training form to the recommended podiatrist. I got a phone call that same morning and had an appointment set up for the afternoon. I am very impressed with the response time! Anyway, to make a long story short, they took some x-rays and I might have a stress fracture on the 3rd metatarsal :( They gave me a walking cast to wear for two weeks after which I will go back for another round of x-rays to see how the healing is progressing and then I'll either get to stop wearing the cast and start running again or the x-rays could reveal a true fracture and I will not be able to run for a while:( In the meantime I am able to exercise on the stationary bike or swim. I don't have easy access to a lap pool so I've been riding the stationary bike for the past 2 weeks. It is so boring but better than nothing. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be running again by this Saturday but we'll see. I’ll report back after my appointment on Friday:)