Slornow and Wannabefaster's Winter Group version 3-CLOSED (Page 58)

Suzy-I echo everyone else's comments. Whatever the ortho says I hope it lays out a solid course of action and a quick return to training.

This is not directed to you Suzy as you don't know what the future holds. But, I think sometimes a problem/injury that has a surgical "fix" allows a quicker return to competition than a sprain/strain or soft tissue type of injury. My son has been struggling with knee problems since early December. He has had a cortisone shot, done, PT and all kinds of exercises. MRI showed bursitis in the knee...not something surgery will correct as I understand it. He will ease back into running for a couple of weeks then have recurring knee pain. He has red shirted indoor and outdoor track seasons this year and is returning to see the ortho this week.

No one wants surgery but I have heard of people returning to training quickly after some meniscus surgeries. Not always the case as I know we have some folks here that have dealt with that. Alternatively, I have a team mate that had meniscus surgery and 3 weeks later won the local sprint tri. Every situation is different but I do think that getting something "fixed" and moving forward is sometimes better than tking time off, doing PT etc and hoping the issue resolves. Of course also depends on the severity of the injury and the invasiveness of the surgery. Just something I have been thinking about.

Pretty good workout this morning. Some hard bike intervals mixed with some half mile run intervals. Beautiful here today....other than the light green pollen that is coating everything! 

Suzy -- really sorry to hear the bad news... I hope you're able to recover soon and return to action better than ever.

Blanda-great pictures. She looks like an athlete....very fluid....and very happy. You should be a proud mama.

Kevin-if you can do the bike workout without it adversely affecting tomorrow's workouts then go ahead. Perhaps do an easy ride. Then you feel like you made up the workout while not messing up things moving forward.

Suzy- sorry to hear about your knee. Get is fixed ASAP and you'll feel so much better. if you want to know what NOT to do after knee surgery send me a msg.

Jamie- congratulations on a great season opener! Only more good things to come your way this year.

Blanda- your daughter is so cute. She really looks like you. The pics of where you live are always so amazing

Bryan- good luck on getting your new morning routine down. Can't wait to hear what ends up working the best for you.

Nancy- 5:38 mile is smoking fast! My garmin does weird things like that sometimes. But it is always fun to imagine what it would be like to run that fast.

Stuart- your bike ride the other day sounded wonderful. I love being out in the heat.

Mary- a 17 pound weight loss is amazing! Congratulations!!

Jason- hope you aren't getting sick. 

I've started the tapering down for Galveston HIM on 4/6. Finished off my last bigger weekend with an amazing weekend of training. Which was a great confidence booster.

I was at race weight until eating 4 pieces of pizza tonight!

It looks like the swim may be cancelled for Galveston due to the recent oil spill 8 miles away from the swim. I'll just keep training for it as planned and wait and see what happens. It won't break my heart if the swim is cancelled. 

Randee-picking up the bike today?

Had a longish swim workout today. Felt much better in the pool than last week. Only thing I can count on is that how I feel in the pool will change from day to day. Strength session and a 20 minute run this evening.

Hi Gang

Ortho confirmed there was a lateral flap tear, but wasn’t certain that it happened while in Hawaii or if the flap may have just changed position when I was running and irritated things. He also told me that lateral resections are not generally as successful as medial ones from a patient POV and there could be greater wear as a result. The bone on the lateral side fits differently or some such thing.  He showed me, I got it.

 Suggested that I get on his surgery schedule in 3 weeks as a placeholder, to refrain from runnning for another two weeks and then try it out.  If there is no pain or it is very modest, follow a general rehab build schedule.  If I end up right back where I was when it happened I have the surgery on his books.  In the meantime, I can bike as much as I want.  He was less thrilled with the swimming because of the kicking and wall push off and suggested I use a pull instead with no wall push.

I feel like it's a decent plan, especially since it takes about two weeks to get on his schedule anyway.

That's all I've got.  I'm staying optimistic.

Stuart-glad to hear that things look good for the May aqua/bike. Sounds like the cycling is coming along and I know the swim will be a breeze for you.

Randee-the Continental 4000s is a great overall tire. Good prices may be due to a new version of the tire coming out. Doesn't make the "old" one any worse. Its my go to tire for training and racing.

Suzy-I like how your ortho thinks. Good to go ahead and get on the schedule while seeing what happens in the mean time. That way you have a plan if things get better and also if surgery is needed. Careful in the pool. I tweaked my knee last year pushing off the wall. Keep it easy  

Randy--I have already committed to pushing off with the left leg only.  Key for me is really remembering not to kick.  Coming from the girl who barely kicks anyway.

Stuart--sorry about the aquabike delay.  The good news is you will get to start running.  I've gone through a long ramp up, similar to the one you described when I had a stress fracture.  It sucks, but not nearly as bad as not being able to run at all.  You'll come out the other end just fine.

Jason--smart man.  Why push a run when it may cause a little more harm than good.  Rest up!

Stuart, sorry to hear that the Soup Nazi gave you the no go on the AB. Great news on being able to start running again. That is basically the same running plan that i started back with. The hardest part was not going too fast for the glorious 30 seconds that I was able to run.

This is the song that went through my head the first time that I was able to run again : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__rX_WL100  

This is what it felt like learning to run again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSh1eLrxiqs

I'm so excited for you. You've been through a lot over the last year. Great Progress!!