Last Friday I went on a brief but fairly hard bike ride on my heavy mountain bike as my Cervelo is still in the shop, mostly flat but included some sprints. First time my HR was pushed near max in 4+ months. I went to the gym later in the evening and did some resistance. Sat. I went to the local track meet - the one I had raced in just last year and did a more gentle bike ride.
Apparently, the bike session was too much as my knee became sore for the next few days. Need to back off a bit.
My data for the Fri bike ride:
total moving time: 19 min
Avg HR - 140 (including 2 short rests)
Max HR - 179
The high max HR is a function of me being out of shape as much as anything. I did only 2 hard 300m sprints, standing up just half the time.
I guess I need to be more patient. Will be getting the Cervelo bike back by Friday. In the mean time, I got my old Japanese Miyata bike fixed as a backup.
Looking forward to including swimming, water running, and rowing by next month pending Drs meeting in about 2weeks.
Weight holding steady about 146 lbs.
Patience indeed! I hope you realize how lucky you are that your health coverage has allowed you to get this far so quickly after your injury. I believe that I, too, tore a meniscus -- in February. I was not allowed to go see a knee specialist until after seeing my primary care physician, which I couldn't get an appointment for until last week. He listened to my description of symptoms, didn't really do any examination, and concluded that I don't have a meniscus tear, just bursitis -- despite the fact that the website of every reputable health organization (e.g., Mayo Clinic) says that the same symptoms I described DO imply a meniscus tear. He refused to refer me to the specialist, only to physical therapy. But I was able to get him to order an MRI -- 6 week wait for an appointment. And PT couldn't see me in person for THREE MONTHS so I had to agree to a Zoom evaluation **before the MRI**, which sounds like it will be completely useless. Bottom line, minimum three months, maybe six months, before I can even see a specialist. Come open enrollment, it is time for a change, for sure.
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