bout to starting back after 2 back surgeries....need some motivation!!

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2008-08-23 7:52 PM

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I had my first surgery about three months back, I had a new lazer procedure that failed and had to go back and get sliced open only three weeks later to correct the problem. I rode two times last week each ride 10mi and swam twice just a few hendred yards to see how it felt. I want to run but I know that its to soon for that so I'll just start slowly with th swim and bike and see what happens. It sucks to think of all the fitness I've lost in only three months, I go from doing Florida 70.3 and being able to place as high as third in my age group at my last sprint on June 1st to hardly being able to ride 10mi last week. Crap!! I'm trying not to beat myself up to much and just take it very slow. Maybe it will come back faster than I think.
Can someone give me a pep talk or some words of wisdom please?


2008-08-23 8:01 PM
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Subject: RE: bout to starting back after 2 back surgeries....need some motivation!!

Glad you are almost healed up to get back to training

I had surgery last October and off running for 6 weeks. It took me 3 months of training to get back to where I was more or less with running. Biking I could do sooner but easy on the trainer and I got that back faster but I'm better at cycling. I was off swimming 6 weeks and at first couldn't swim at all...it was weird..I was out of breath and just felt so off. I did a few weeks of swimming with flippers and that helped me adjust back to swimming.

I think how big of a base you have, how long you have done endurance sports of any kind all effect how much you lose and how fast you can get it back.

Patience is hard when you just want to go back at things...but you don't want injuries or to go backwards. Listen to your docs, PTs or health care professionals but also listen to your body and if in doubt back off.

6 months post surgery I hit PBs for 5K and 1/2 Mary and 9 months afterwards I completed my first IM...maybe some encouragement there. 

2008-08-23 8:09 PM
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Subject: RE: bout to starting back after 2 back surgeries....need some motivation!!

patience dear!!

 you'll be back at it before you know it. Just take it easy so you don't throw yourself back off again.

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