Doctor’s appointment
This morning I saw my doctor again. I was supposed to wait until today to wear two shoes but I started yesterday. He said my tendon was healed so now I need to work on strength. He thinks it will be...
View ArticlePT and spinning
I had a really good PT session yesterday. I had a different PT and he really stretched out my Achilles before we began. It made a huge difference. I tried calf raises for the first time and did fine...
View ArticleFull spin class
This morning I made it through a full spin class. I did not do everything but I was able to do quite a bit. I have not been in pain either so that makes me quite happy. Last week I overdid one day...
View Articleso soon?
Trainer: Burpees Me: Really? Trainer: Did you think you weren't going to do burpees again? Me: No, but not this soon. I did my first burpees this morning 3 sets of 8, along with 3 sets of 20 squats,...
View ArticleReleased
This week I was released from PT and told to continue doing it on my own. I'm happy about that. I was going once a week and doing most of it on my own anyway. My calf still needs to be strengthened...
View ArticleBack on the road
On Saturday I took my first long road bike ride. We did about 15-18 miles. I was not going to take the hills the first time out so we went out a ways on the route and just rode flat roads. It was a...
View Articlechecking in
It's been a while since I posted. I'm on the road to recovery, but there is still a ways to go. I started trying to run again several weeks ago but it was too soon. Yesterday I ran a quarter mile...
View ArticlePost race
I finished my first race yesterday - an Aquabike - in 43:45. It was freezing here compared to the normal April temps. It was only 49 degrees when we began. The pool swim was indoors but we had to...
View Article5k
Over the weekend I managed my first 5k - running and walking. I had a decent time for me and better than what I expected (43:23). I was hoping for under 50 minutes and made it. I also had a short...
View ArticleReleased!
My doctor released me on Monday. He said I could do anything I wanted to other than tear anything again. I will try very hard not to tear anything again.
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