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June 11, 2007
Double Day
I decided last night that I would like to try a little swim workout this morning so to the pool I went. How nice to see my regular 5:15 am crowd at the YMCA! Also nice - my goggles fit just above my eyelid laceration/stiches. I was pretty concerned that the top part of the goggle was going to land right on my sore spot and cause some unwanted pain. But my stiches were all nicely packed inside the goggle and my scalp stiches were underneath my swim cap. Sweet.
I didn't want to try anything crazy so I went for a 1500 meter total workout with some 50s and 100s thrown in for good measure. It was simple and short but it told me exactly what I needed to know - my ribs are still sore and swimming makes them hurt worse but the pain isn't unbearable and if need be, I could get through a race. Good deal.
When I got home from work I hopped on my bike for 30 minutes (on the trainer - still waiting for new helmet to arrive). I threw in some hard 1 minute segments just to test the systems out. You know how it goes - everything feels good until you go hard and then all of a sudden everything hurts. The good news is, my body feels good on the bike - nothing seems to hurt or be too pained.
Tomorrow I'm going to try to tackle the run again. We'll see how it feels if I go for longer than 5 minutes! Not going to push it though. I don't want to be creating havoc with other healthy body parts by compensating for parts that aren't quite healed yet.
So that's my story for the day! Hope you all have a great night!
Posted by beth at June 11, 2007 7:58 PM
Comments
I do hope you're saving some pictures of the damage. If nothing else, you'll want 'em in four or five years. I've had only one shiner in my life (and facial stitches on another occasion - looked like I'd been in a bar fight, since I couldn't shave until they came out) and didn't get a photo - so I have no idea if it was even bad now.
Posted by: pjm at June 11, 2007 8:30 PM
if you have time, test your "eyes" and sense of place... go for a walk, check out the traffic, practice looking far and close, left and right, up and down, switching quickly between areas... practice panavision :-) ... it can be useful when you travel fast... walking, running, cycling... my pilot dad would say flying :-) ... go Beth, GO!
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at June 12, 2007 8:01 AM
awesome progress...
Posted by: Kranky C Dale at June 12, 2007 9:18 AM
You are a shining example of what the human body is capable of if one injects a medium dose of ambition and a large dose of determination.
Posted by: LB at June 12, 2007 8:02 PM