I am getting nervous. Ok, I am just willing to admit that I am nervous. I have been nervous since not being able to run more than five miles without serious pain back in June.
And until this morning I was channeling this energy into less-than-healthy pursuits of eating lots of food and drinking lots of beer. And since I (less-than-) humbly bragged about my weight loss on this platform during my running days, I will humbly note that I am just about five pounds off my move-to-California weight. This is bad.
Recently I went to the doctor for a physical and received a very clean bill of health with cholesterol levels well above and below the right numbers, liver and kidneys found to be in good order, and everything else is working-as-intended. As he was leaving the room, the doctor said, "You are a healthy guy. (pause) You could do something about the weight, but otherwise you are very healthy." Yeah. Thanks Doc.
In the best case scenario, I will not be able to run for about six weeks. This means I need to figure out what the hell I am going to do to loss some of this nervous weight I have put back on due to my inability to run and feeling sorry for myself.
So in addition to using my trusty MyFitnessPal app again, I started swimming seriously last week complete with a training program for geared toward developing endurance. I love me a training program. It starts with a 50-100-150 pyramid warm-up, then the main workout is 400s broken out into odds and evens, with odds being a 100IM and 300 Free at a moderate to strong pace and evens being a 400 Free at a moderate pace. I do a just-barely-not-drowning Breast stroke for the proscribed 200 cool down of "non-Free." Today I did three reps (odd, even, odd) of the main workout, total time in the water was about 50 minutes.
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| JCCSF: Where I swim with the yentas. |
Swimming is fun and I am getting better at it as I continue to swim (shocking I know). But it isn't running and I am not good. Also, even at my best, I look more like the old dudes doing aqua-floaty-aerobics than the Ironman bros doing mad laps in the fast lanes. Not that I care that much about how I look walking around the pool, but I actually care a lot about how I look walking around the pool. It is quite literally a slippery* slope regarding how I feel about how I look and what I can do about it at this point of my injury.
There will be no running for a while. So into the pool with the hopes of knocking out flip turns without having a gallon of water rush up my nose. Who knows, the doctor my proscribe me a floatation belt and I will get to know some of the older folks yacking it up in the deep end.
The update tomorrow may or may not be comprised solely of profanities. Fair warning.
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*I made a "don't run on the deck" joke and it was very bad. Sorry about that.
2 comments:
Hi Donald, I can totally relate to your blog. My main activities are cycling and running and I cannot do either right now due to injuries. I don't know HOW to swim. So I am taking swimming lessons. Hard to teach "an old broad new tricks!" OY!!!!!!
Good luck and speedy healing!
(PS - I just supported one of my friends do the Madison, WI IRONMAN yesterday! That was awe-inspiring and SO totally impressive. My injuries better heal soon!!!) xo and Shana Tova! Sharon
Don,
Here's a video I remember watching about two years ago about an ex-paratrooper that was making the rounds. I guess it stuck with me. There is always some way to get healthy and stay in shape, even if it's not the way you like. Even if the news is the worst it could be, turn that corner and find another way. You are certainly worth it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbVpCc_r9Sw
Best,
- The Birthday Boy
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