Back to swimming for me today

After last weeks problems with my collarbone getting inflamed, I had to hold off on swimming and upper body work. It was probably too much too fast. So now that its settled, I will shoot to do just 1000 meters focus on form and not speed or strength. see if a slow buildup works better.

I guess I should have expected something like that, but it served as a reminder, I did have surgery, and although I feel fine, some tendons and whatever else had to be cut during the surgery still have some healing to do.

Bionic Collar bone

This is a snapshot of my new and improved collarbone. With it I have my new superpowers like the ability to tell if its Humid or raining right now, through a uncomfortable feeling in my shoulder!

First Run in weeks

My last run was a short transition run on July 13. Today was my first run after my cycling accident that resulted in my broken collarbone. Per doctors orders, it was extremely slow with little arm movement. It was basically a shuffle for 20 minutes. It was great to get out and run in the sun. Get the cobwebs out.

Tomorrows I star a very easy training program, based on what the doc told me I could do. Its basically 30 minutes each day of cycling and running. Doing each on alternating days. Doesn't sound like much but , after todays run my shoulder was sore. So it tells me I am not going to be back to my usual work load in a while.

But it sure is nice to see a training plan stretching out before me.

I'm BACK Baby!

Ok Not completely, but after my last visit to the Doc I have received the Greenlight to slowly start running and doing Indoor cycling ( trainer or stationary Bike) workouts. SO I am already up on my Buckeye outdoors account working on a training plan (of course).

It will be a month before I can fully begin to run without care, and another month after that before swimming can come in but its something at least. makes me feel sooo much better. I just felt like a slug not being able to workout.

Surgery

Well yesterday I had the surgery to fix my broken Clavicle. Entered the Ambulatory Surgery center at 6:30 AM and out by 11AM. It went pretty smooth from what I can tell. The procedures was done to put a metal plate across the broken clavicle in order to keep it in place. I had asked the doc if they could use a Carbon Fiber plate so as to be sure that the weight was kept to a minumum ;) No luck .....its stainless steel. I just hope he at least shaped my shoulder to be more Aerodynamic in the water like I asked.

So anyhow, I will be spending this weekend in recovery mode. The pain from the surgery is quite bad. Bad enough that it actually stops me from doing anything, which for me is saying allot. I am generally quite good at ignoring pain. But this is pretty intense. They gave me a generic form a percosett(sp) to manage the pain, but it really just dulls it a bit and makes me sleepy.

If anything this injury has provided me a real example and plenty of evidence about how the body does employ many muscles throughout the body for performing even the simplest of acts. Basically anything that requires the tensing of the core, affects my neck and shoulder, ths causes pain getting up out bed for example, even if I do not prop my self with my right arm, I still have to prop up my head because the strain on my neck is unbearable. So although I knew this from reading and yes training, there really is no clearer demonstration than some shooting pain whenever I forget to support the correct muscles when doing something.

The only plus I get out of this is a chance to sleep like never before and also time to plan for my conquest of the triathlon world next year. Also I get pampered hand and foot :) My wife, she's a good kid.