Set-Back Again...go figure

Well after making my walking up to the 5km mark I have somehow done something as my imflamation has increased 10 fold.

I went to one physio appointment thus far and have gotten the word that I am basically really screwed up. I have an imbalance in most of stabilizing muscles and the more discrete ones (ie: tranverse abdominus etc) are weak because of my lack of working out.

I ams till hoping and am signing up for the Olympic Distance Race at the Canadian in Ottawa Aug 30. Further to that I am still hoping to 'run' a 5k race in May.

A little by little will be the order until my pieces are all functioning properly again. I guess this is a cautionary tale for overtraining and not listening to your body. If you feel pain, stop. It is that easy. I am not talking that 'good pain' you get when you stress your body, I am talking that pain that screams that something just ain't right.

Training Begins

I am not certain as to what sort or 'real' training I will be able to do, but I plan on starting longer walks, some strength training, 30 min or so on the trainer and will start hitting the pool this week.

I think for starters I will commit about 5 hours this week to training. My strength workouts will center on my core (obviously).

I will likely sign up for a sprint race at the end of July just to have carrot to dangle and motivate me.

Surgery Is Done....Boy It Hurts

My surgery has been completed.

I now have less spine than I had previously...sounds bad eh?

I am already walking around the house, albeit gingerly and heavily medicated.

Once I have my body working properly I will set about about doing some training.

I will not be doing Muskoka as I had hoped months ago. I am now thinking that the Canadian Half Iron in Ottawa is a possibility and if not the Olympic for certain.

Life is hard. Training is hard. Living to train hard is not smart. Living better and being better is what it is all about.

All Set For A Long Road

Well it is on!!!

I am slated for surgery on the 25th of Feb and will be basically out of commission for 3 weeks to 2 months.

Here's the deal the ortho surgeon will take part of one of my discs out and then take the surrounding spinal 'bones' in the channel where the cord sits and cut pieces out to open up the channel thus alleveiating the stenosis in that area and hopefully allowing me to have no pain in my legs.

So hopefully it all goes well and I can get on with training towards at the least an Olympic race by summers end. I would really like to do a sprint in Smiths Falls in late June but that may be too soon, but we shall see.

On another note, considering moving out to Smiths Falls...seems like a nice enough town.

I will keep a training log on here of what I can accomplish every week and hopefully get back into tris.

Moving Along - Running and Biking to Surgery

So I was up to 45 min running at a moderate pace and then my knees started hurt. I must be getting very very old or something as everything seems to be falling off.

I have been hopping on the lifecycle until I am able to set up the trainer in the basement and buy some new jammer aerobars or maybe the DTs or something short for the road bike. Getting about 45 mins in with some spin ups thrown in there.

I go back to the surgeon on Thursday, as he told me he wants my wife present for the explanations about the surgery. Not sure why as I am already completely useless around the house so nothing will change.

Til next time.

It's Coming Along

So hear we are at my mid-January report.

I am able to run/walk through most workouts and scale back my weight a bit, down about 6 pounds. My workouts have been weights twice a week and about 45mins-1 hr of cardio daily. I am trying to keep my heart at around 130-155 BPM and the only way I am currently able to this is by a walk run strategy. I am currently doing (5W6R4W6R4W6R4W6R4W) and it is ok, albeit somewhat disappointing since where my fitness was at in 06 and some of 07.

I am imagine my fitness will again take a fall once I go under the knife. Hopefully the surgery will happen shortly after my appointment on the 31st so I can work towards another season this summer.

Probably An Operation

Doctor went ok today. He basically told me '...have surgery if you want, but there are no guarantees. Take a month a think about it.'

I am leaning towards the surgery of a partial discectomy (not sure thats the right term but it works for me).

So my next few weeks are going to be about getting some stuff done:

Shed the X-mas weight
Take my express test for work
and basically get to the business of getting better

Next appointment is Jan 31 and I will decide by then what to do. During the next little while I will be doing some light weights and light cardio and I will attempt shed a lot of weight.