The slowness that is
I like to say that every day I feel improvement. And mostly that’s true. But somedays I really have to look for it. Today I surprised myself by easily being able to do single leg squats. That was darn nice. According to this dot sheet I have, I’m supposed to start running again in two weeks. I’ve been looking forward to that for months upon months. But seriously, I can hardly walk 200 yards with out some major hip fatigue. So tomorrow I start track workouts, walking. Think I might get some looks like I got in the pool that first day? Ya, me too. Nothing like a guy rockin it 200 yards and then sitting down on the track to recover. Should be a real hoot.
I showed up at Safeway the other day at apparently the most crowded time all week. I had to park near the back of the lot, my mind told me that was no bueno. I meandered through the cars and traffic up to the front doors when I realized I was limping. Fatigue. Damn. No cereal the next morning. I sat in some nice lawn chairs they had out front. Then I walked back to my car. That sucked. I picked up my handicap sticker on Friday. My buddy Heath warned me that his fiance got addicted to hers, and now I know why.
What is recovery looking like now? I’m in the much coveted “Phase II”. All that really means is I put more time toward strengthening and less time towards people jiggling my leg. I’m proud to report that I can rock the stationary bike as hard as I want for as long as I want with zero pain. And something I’m most proud of - I can hit the stair climber for around 12 minutes with zero pain. And during those 12 minutes I can ascend something like 65 floors. I dig that. I figured Pikes Peak would be somewhere around 880 floors…. hmmm, possible to do that race in three months?
Filed by ryanroth at May 14th, 2007 under Life, Young & Hip