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August 8, 2006
Slow and steady progress
It's getting harder not to "test" my leg now that it's finally feeling better. But I've waited this long and invested this much time, effort and money into healing it, so another part of me wants to be extra cautious. I finally did kick a little bit during my swim today--it felt great to be able to! (I only did a couple of laps though.) And I can do the breastroke again, which mixes things up. My swim was good today--much more of an aerobic pace than some of the other workouts I've done in the past few days. I was the only one in the pool by the time I got out, and I thought it was a fitting way to end (until Aug. 26, anyway) my time swimming at Georgetown.
I saw Barb at lunchtime today. Fortuitously, I ran into a friend there--my old D.C. morning running partner, who swears by Barb and was the one who recommended her to me in the first place! It was nice to catch up, even if it was just for a few minutes. As for me, Barb said that I'm feeling better because things are finally starting to loosen up in there. But she cautioned me to still only swim and to definitely get the MRI I had scheduled for tomorrow anyway--just to get a good look at what's going on. She's hopeful that I might be able to add back in some other type of cross-training in after I see her again on Friday.
I lifted after work as usual and stared longingly at the ellipticals and bikes while I was there but I restrained myself. That's the injury update from me! I must go investigate the sound of kids yelling outside our window...
Posted by becky at August 8, 2006 8:33 PM