Some numbers

I thought about putting all the details of the workouts I've done over the past few weeks in my last post but I figured it was worth breaking into a different one. No interesting stories here, I guess this is mostly for my benefit to keep track of what I've been doing and help me stay motivated. I realize that the times I had for my swimming workouts might not be very meaningful (they don't make much sense to me either) but I put them here so I can see how much I've been improving.

Sunday 3/29
Swimming
150 warm-up
800, 600

Monday 3/30
Swimming
150 warm-up
5x200
4:01, 4:03, 4:25, 4:15, 4:19

Tuesday 3/31
Strengthening and core work at home.

Wednesday 4/1
Swimming
2x1000
22:57, 23:50

Thursday 4/2
Lifting

Friday 4/3
Swimming
150 warm-up
800-600-400-200
17:35, 13:33, 9:08, 4:14

Saturday 4/4
Nothing

Sunday 4/5
Swimming
3000
65:12
1K splits: 21:21, 43:18 (21:57), 65:12 (21:54)

Monday 4/6
Nothing as far as I can remember. Probably worked out a bit on my fitness ball.

Tuesday 4/7
Swimming
300 warm-up
10x200

Wednesday 4/8
First day of physical therapy at MORE. Worked with the trainers for about an hour then swam for about 20 min.

Thursday 4/9
Swimming
1000-800
20:25, 16:49

Friday 4/10
Physical therapy

Saturday - 4/11
Nothing

Sunday - 4/12
Nothing

Monday 4/13
Physical therapy
10 minutes on bike. First time on a bike so I was pretty cautious.
Swimming
2000
1K splits: 18:31, 19:01


Tuesday 4/14
Bike
15 min

Wednesday 4/15
Physical Therapy
Bike
20 min

Thursday - 4/16
Swimming
25 minutes


Friday - 4/17
Physical Therapy
Lifting
Achilles felt a bit sore so I opted out of the bike or swimming.


Saturday - 4/18
Nothing

Sunday - 4/19
Nothing

Monday - 4/20
Physical Therapy
Bike
30 minutes.

Tuesday - 4/21
Bike
40 minutes

Wednesday - 4/22
AM
Physical Therapy
Bike 30 min

PM
Swim 30 min

A long overdue update

It's been a while since the last post so an update was long overdue. The last few weeks have been rather eventful but I've had little time to write about it. My recovery has been going well, it sure is a long road but things are progressing well.
Over the last 3 weeks I gradually eased out of the walking boot and today was the first day I didn't wear at all. Walking without the boot felt awkward at first and for the first few days I was walking pretty slow, even slower than the first days on crutches. The lack of flexibility in my Achilles and strength in my left calf were the main limiting factors. Things progressively got better and by now I can almost walk like normal. My Achilles still gets a little stiff if I'm sitting down for a long time but after taking a few steps it loosens up and I can walk without a noticeable limp. I have to attribute the improvement to a large extend to the physical therapy sessions which I started a couple of weeks ago. I have 3 physical therapy sessions a week and I'm doing a lot of strengthening exercises on a daily basis so I've been spending a lot of time in rehab. I haven't been swimming as much mostly because between having some busy weeks at work and spending a lot of time in physical therapy, I didn't have the time for it. On the plus side, I started working out on the stationary bike so I can now have some variety in my cross training and the option of a workout which relates more to running. Overall I'm happy with the progress I made so far and I can only hope that my condition will continue to improve at the same rate. The most optimistic estimates put me back in my running shoes in about a month, which is starting to seem so close. It's hard to believe that it's been 3 months already since the surgery.