8 August 2012 I woke up and felt like I had been hit by a
mac truck. I have been on the edge of a
flare up for the better part of the year but finally it hit me full force. I was hoping it would be over in less than a
week but here we are more than a month later and I am still trying to recover. I have improved, but I have a long way to go
before I am anywhere near back to normal.
On my race schedule I had a full iron distance triathlon
(2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and 26.2 mile run all in less than 17 hours)
coming up in October 2012. Having a
flare up right in the middle of training crushes that plan. I have not been able to step foot into the gym
in over a month. Today I finally made!
Knowing my come back will take time and patients I came up with a plan, I would
pool walk! I went in with one mile in my mind, but my body did not agree. I was so excited to complete a whole half
mile! This is the first time in years I
have not been training for a race, I am just training to get my mobility
back. In a way it kills me knowing that
it took me almost 20 minutes to walk a half mile and I couldn’t go any further,
but on the other hand I was so excited that I was able to do a half mile.
I realize I have a long road ahead of me and I will have
speed bumps along the way. My goal right
now is to build up to being able to attend a water aerobics class, it might
take me a month to get there, but I will get there.
Having physical issues makes staying in shape very
difficult. Water walking/running is a
good low impact exercise.
Kid
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