*Right: 28 week (7 month) surgery anniversary*
*Left: 48 week (12 month) surgery anniversary*
Update: My feet are responding well to more challenging workouts. I have even been taking the stairs in and out of my apartment daily. I live on the 5th floor of my building, so its a serious challenge to get up and down them. I am getting better and more comfortable with the stairs day by day. I can also jog slowly, but I am backing off for now to keep working on the basics. I want to make sure that I have the functional strength and fitness level to truly return to running again. I don't want to force it.
By the way, I am at 12 months for my left foot by 4 week per month standards, but we know that our calendar doesn't work out quite that perfectly, so I still have 4 weeks to go for my real 1 year surgery anniversary.
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I swim by myself often, but today was one of the days that I had plans to go swimming with a few other faculty members. When I found out that everyone bailed on me, I really wasn't going to go. I just didn't feel like leaving the comfort of my home today. Then, I snapped out of my funk, and realized that I couldn't afford not to go. I want to be back to TRI again next year, so I have to keep going.
Swim
I swam before doing drills today.
Swimming
100m warmup
200m technique drills
After warming up and working on my technique, I decided to do some timed swims. I wanted to have an objective marker of where I am.
200m- 5:00
2 x 100m- 2:30
2 x 50m- 1:10
4 x 25m- 0:27
Total yards: 900 m
Where am I? In a really good place! These times are pretty close to where I left off...two summers ago.
PT drills
Walking
Heel raises
Running (not long because my feet were sore)
Lateral squat walks
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Hiking?
While at the pool I ran into a faculty member unexpectedly. She happened to be talking about her plans for going hiking this week. The next thing I know, she asked me to go with her! I was hesitant, because all I could think about was if my feet are ready for the challenge. Since I can comfortably walk 4 miles now, and I can also go up and down stairs pretty well, I decided to take a leap of faith, and said Y-E-S! I have been wanting to explore the area in my new city more, so I am really excited. I AM GOING HIKING!!! (And I hear there are waterfalls!) If I didn't push myself to get out and go swimming, this opportunity wouldn't have fallen into my lap. What a nice surprise!
Judgement day for my feet is tomorrow...
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