Pool on Sat and tonight, Monday. Still no word on my pending surgery or final disposition from insurance. Very unsettling not knowing, although I have travel arrangements in place for a Mon surgery. This would be the 3rd surgery date they've given me but it's not confirmed yet. It would be nice to have a bottom line by Tues.
Sat pool:
6 x 50yd w/ 65 sec rest - 39, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48
Max HR - 157
Mon pool:
6 x 50yd w/ 62 sec rest - 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 45
Mon was a bit better, both hard. Maintaining upper body strength, still able to do 22 cheater pullups (not full extension hang). Weight is ok, hanging around 142 lbs.
My father is disappointingly negative. He thinks I shouldn't endeavor to run, just use up my knee and go to a knee replacement like him when necessary. He was 71 when he got his knee. I'm not even close to bone on bone. He's also been relatively sedentary and overweight most of his last 30 yrs, while half that time I've been maintaining the training and competition schedule of an active college athlete. I respect he's almost 85, in decent health, but I don't want to live my life like him.
It gives me hope looking back at my recovery from the previous surgery. I was casual biking and light hiking in 8 weeks, hard effort biking in 10 weeks, light running in 5 mo, hill running in 6 mo, sprinting in 7 mo, and full scale training in 8 mo, and running a 62.5 400m in just 9 mo (Oct. '19). I was also battling plantar fasciitis during that fall so was hampered a bit, which kept me out of indoor season. Covid hit the following spring and there were no meets til late summer. The one and only 400m I ran in'20 was in late July and was an M60 WL - 57.49. I don't consider that completely legit due to covid, nevertheless, that was the start of me holding the WL for 2 yrs.
JP here no doubt that you will engineer a comeback to track if you wish but your father speaks with wisdom unrelated to his lifestyle differences. For instance it’s obvious that track has impacted your ability to hike. Sprinting and training for such will wear out body parts and potentially reduce quality of life. He is thinking about your long term health and happiness. Do not be disappointed by feedback that you don’t like or agree with. Or find reasons to diminish it.
ReplyDeleteI'm dubious about a comeback to track competition but will remain open to the possibility of one more season, but more importantly, I just want to run for fitness / wellness. Just one or 2 interval sessions a week on turf would be enough.
DeleteCertainly running is great exercise just harder on a aging body than other options.
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