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8-Weeks Post Surgery

5/14/2018

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Wow so much has happened and I am progressing quite well.  Although I still have a lot of swelling and stiffness and I am getting after it in training.  I am able to move around quite well.  I started swimming, although not much, at least I am in the water again.  

Swimming:  I have swam 1000 yards with 500 hundred of it using a swim buoy.  The remainder was 5 x 100s with 10 second rest.  I certainly can't kick a lot and learned real quick I can't push off the wall.  I am only swimming once a week at this point. 
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Cycling:  I ride virtually every day sometime with little resistance and only for 30 minutes.  I my longest ride has been an hour and I actually started riding "The Sufferfest" videos again.  I did the "Full Frontal" test to reestablish both my 4DP and FTP so I can start doing structured workouts again.  Although I didn't push push myself throughout the workout, it did allow me to reset to current capability.  Definitely didn't crush the sprints and all my scores dropped drastically.  But that is okay.  I will reset again in 4-weeks.
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Running:  Well that isn't happening.  I am walking every day or two.  My longest walk to date has been 3 miles and I reset my threshold for proper tracking of my fitness.  My Garmin watch told me I was slacking during one of my walks.  I guess when your threshold is set at 6:58 and you haven't been running; I guess I should have told it I had surgery.  I have reset my threshold to 14:45 pace.  I am happy with that.  It is moving along pretty good for a walk.  My doctor did tell me during my follow-up appointment that I can start running 9-months post surgery.  She is the first that told me I can do so.  That is exciting news.
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    Owner and Coach of Tri-More-Fitness.  I will get total knee replacement surgery on March 19, 2018 and have plans to complete Ironman Maryland in 2019.  This Blog is to document the Journey

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