Guess Who's Back

0.60 Miles Easy - 4:58 Minutes - 8:19 Pace

Well, I wouldn't say back. Basically I am testing it out, I don't think it's right, and neither does the doc, but he says surgery is no a sure thing, so lets try it out first. As a matter of fact, he said somewhere in the conversation, "may never be able to run, or be active for the rest of your life". Talk about sweatin bullets, holy crap, I feel like Bo Jackson, without all the fame, money, professional stage....you get the point. So, I am going to try it for a few weeks and see how it feels.

I started on the soccer field near my place, I figured grass is a good place to start. Three times around the field, to be exact. It actually felt good, all the little pains and weird feelings I have been having in my knee were not there. However, the rest of my body hurt, from inactivity, and, oh yeah, I am very out of shape, that .6 miles was not as easy as I thought it was going to be.

Either way, it did feel good to run again, I am going to head to the soccer field again tomorrow and run a mile or some, just take it easy for a couple of weeks and feel it out.

Swimmin Away

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
Swimming - 20 Minutes

Swam 10 Minutes without using my legs, 5 minutes with using them but not bending them, which is not easy, and 5 more minutes without......getting a great shoulder workout, and a little cardio.

Yoga

Yoga - 60 Minutes

Just yoga today.

Wednesday Kinda Swim

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
Swimming - 20 Minutes

With my knee still hurting, I have decided to give up biking and still to swimming, yoga and abs classes. With swimming today, I also decided to use a floaty between my legs and not to kick to prevent any other sort of motion that might hurt my knee.......did quite work up the same sweat as I do when I kick....but it's all of the greater cause. The good news is my arms and shoulders got a great workout.

Morning Workout

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
Upright Bike - 30 Minutes

Wow, 5 am comes early. Decided to go in before work to do abs class and bike so I could check the Riverbank run expo out after work. Man that was early. Knee felt good though.

More Biking

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
Upright Biking - 40 Minutes

Another moderate pace bike today........wow I really miss running. I am feeling good on the bike, it's just not the same. My knee is a little sore again too, this is starting to make me nervous.

Biking

Upright Bike - 60 Minutes
Abs Class - 15 Minutes

Got a good sweat going on today. Kept a pretty fast pace for 60 minutes, didn't feel anything in my knee, got some good reading in too.

Yoga

Yoga - 60 Minutes

Yoga was great today, Connie's class is always a good stretch, and very relaxing.

Biking

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
Seated Biking - 60 Minutes

Abs was great again today, I really like that class. Seated biking or an hour was good too, however, now my knee is hurting a little. Something about the seated one, I will have to stick to the upright ones from now on.

Yoga

Upright Biking - 20 Minutes
Yoga - 60 Minutes

Biking felt good today, got a fast paced workout in before Yoga. Yoga was tough, Tuesdays are, she hits us hard, I am liking it though.

Biking

Upright Biking - 20 Minutes

More biking, I need to fix my MP3 player to help me get through the rides, and get a cushion for my bum....those seats are hard.

Swimmin with the Fishes

Swimming - 20 Minutes

Breathing is still that part that is getting to me. Next time I will try and breath out my nose, which will help me to control my breathing.

More Biking

Upright Bike - 40 Minutes

Felt like I got a better workout on the upright bike than anything else I have done so far other than swimming, but the pool was full. Plus my knee didn't hurt after last time, so I checked it out again. It was another good sweat, but I just can't seem to get into it, maybe it will just take time.....which I've got.

Biking

Upright Bike - 30 Minutes

Decided to take a shot at the upright bike today and see how it felt. I was clipping along at a pretty good pace, felt ok, worked up a great sweat. We will see how my knee feels in the morning.

Yoga Only

The pool was full today, so I had to settle for Yoga only..........which was enough. This was a different instructor, and man did she give us a workout, I will surely be sore tomorrow.

Visit to the Ortho

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
Water Running - 30 Minutes

Visited to AD the Ortho today to get my legs and feet analysed. He recommended some different shoes, and they are making me some orthodics. He says it's pretty obvious what is hurting my hamstring, and a couple of weeks in the new shoes with the orthodics should take care of it.....now if my knee would cooperate.

Abs was tough today, I think I need to take Wednesday off.

Water running, I was a bit uninspired, and beat. I helped Tom from work chop wood for 8 hours on Sunday, my body was sore.

Getting Wet

Abs Class - 15 Minutes
Water Running - 40 Minutes

It was just me and the instructor today in abs class, so no slacking. She did a number on me that's for sure.

More water running, today was more like a tempo run, fast for the entire 40 minutes, I was at about a 130 steps per minute pace.

Swimming

Swimming - 20 Minutes
Yoga - 45 Minutes

Ah, I forgot how difficult swimming is. Different muscles all together, my shoulders were sore. Plus it's a who different kind of breathing, I am used to in, and out. With swimming, it's in..hold....hold...hold....out....tough to get used to.

Yoga was cool though, first time ever. It was relaxing, I felt good afterwards. Good stretching, good strength building, good instructor. I am surely going again.

Water Running

Abs Class - 20 Minutes
Water Running - 40 Minutes

Figuring this water thing out more and more, today I did some interval workouts, which got me sweating quite a bit. The abs classes are killing me though..in a good way

More Water Running

Water Running - 6 Laps - 35 Minutes

Felt good today, did some water running after abs class, worked up quite a sweat at both. I think I might get the hang of this water running thing, and actually like it.