Subject: RE: Ironman USA Lake PlacidPennState - 2008-07-04 10:16 AM Oceanannie, I didn't know that you were rehabbing a shoulder. Sorry. How much do you think it will affect your swim time? I am not a fast swimmer, but still hope to do it in no more than 1:05.. but again with all the other swimmers in there crashing around, it could be slower. Good luck healing I suffered a grade 1 AC separation(so the ligaments in the shoulder joint were sprained, but not torn). Full healing is around 3-6 weeks depending on what one reads and the accident happened exactly 5 weeks out. So a lot will depend on how healed I am for raceday, and the aggressive PT schedule I'm on will hopefully help speed up recovery (and also getting my strength back). Before the accident, I was looking at an outside chance of break 1 hour (I have done an Iron-distance swim in 59 minutes) to more realistically, somewhere under 1:05. I certainly have the base to still do that. And PT is stressing the weakest part of my stroke, which can only help my overall swim speed. Since I won't be able to swim hard until raceday (too risky), we'll see on raceday. Unfortunately, the slower I go, the more contact my shoulder risks on raceday, which would be the worst thing for it. So I might have to push it in the start. I will need to talk to my swim coach for advice on the swim start. |