Exercise post op

aamdsi said:

I am 2 months ahead of you in recovery 8-)  You'll get "here" - sooner than you think. 

I didn't feel like swimming today though, so took dog for a long walk instead ( supposed to be 90 with 90% humidity and he's a BIG black lab).  Run tomorrow though.

jhsu, Marathons and Ultras  - so impressive!  BUT I'll just stick to my little tri.s and my extreme relay ultra marathon in Sept.  (that's a lot of fun!). BUT you folks give me confidence that "we" can all come back from this, and even come back stronger than before.

Enjoy the day!

Did a sprint tri this morning. Didn't drown in the swim and didn't finish last (303rd out of 477).  Not great but at 7 weeks post op I'll take it.  The swim was a disaster -- all unrelated to my surgery.  Looking forward to doing better next time. 

Laurie -- guess your tri is coming up soon.  Hope your training is coming along. 

aamdsi said:

Yay to you!

So glad all went well (swimming aside - at least you got out of the water) 8-)

How do you feel today? 

Mine is 2 weeks from today.  Am just aiming to finish though - have another one the end of the month. 

I feel fine today. No fatigue or soreness from yesterday.  Although my performance wasn't very good it did give me enough confidence to start pushing it some. First on the list is to increase my running distance.  I didn't run the 5K leg of the tri very fast but it was the first time post op that I felt like I could have run further than 3 miles.  

Laurie, any chance you think you'll be ready to compete in any of the races you'll do this year?  At this point it's not clear to me that I will be able to but I do think it is possible. 

aamdsi said:

Oh yes

Today marks 4 months post-op 8-) 

Yes, although I'll be frustrated at not being able to do as well as the years past - I will push myself for this tri.  Am doing another the end of the month and that one I feel I can "go at" (all flat course).  Plus the 5k's in the fall and the relay marathon. 

Also, I am glad to hear you're not sore.  I do get sore now.  After a great long run (3.5) on Sat. followed by gardening then babysitting my granddaughter (and all the tossing and rough-housing that goes with that), the incision site is sore.  But feel that will get better with time too.

So yes, feel that I can compete more and more as time goes by - BUT I am still 2 months farther out from port-op than you, that's got to make a big difference.

Time...guess it all takes time. BLAH! 8-)

Laurie how'd you do in event this past weekend?