She is The Wolverine!

Har! they just kicked me out before I made it to the hot tub. :( But my first timed 400 was under 10 minutes (I fumbled the stop watch, but when I finally stopped it it was only at 9:54). and the second was 10:35.88. They followed a 24 length warm up and some light weight training plus my core strength/abs PT exercises.

What? Kicked you out?

"Don't make me go all wolverine on your ass, now get out of my way and let me into the hot tub."

I don't know what those times mean I only know they are a hell of a lot faster than anything I could do.

yeah, they wanted to close up and go home or something silly like that.....

Hiya monster. I was thinking about you tonight, and this thread in particular.

I would like to present myself as a candidate for membership in the mile swim club.

Twil and I went to the YMCA tonight; she worked out on land, I swam. I hopped into the pool and was pleased to learn that I hadn't forgotten how to swim, though after the first two hundred yards I thought I'd forgotten how to breathe. I've always started out "too fast" and then slowed way down, only to settle into a somewhat smoother groove eventually. I decided to swim sets of hundreds, and after the first six, I gave myself a well deserved break. I told the lifeguard that when he checked for signs of life. As did the fellow in lane six. The nice young guy in lane four said "I knew you were ok, I saw you breathing". Thanks man.

I checked my heart rate and it was in the mid 140s, puh-lenty fast for a recently undessicated fossil like myself. I thought, I'll do three sets of six hundreds, that's a mile plus a little tip. First set, rough. Second set, I set a cadence for my breathing with a mental chant of "this is eight, this is eight, this is eight", then, "this is nine, this is nine, this is nine". I had a good view of the digital clock at the opposite end of the pool and I was working on a three minute sets, turning in split times from 1:43 to 1:50. Open turns cost me a second or two apiece I learned, and my backstroke is considerably slower than my freestyle. Let's not talk about the two frog kicks I managed before the grinding in my right knee signaled the end of my breaststroking days (sadface).

I would like to present myself for membership in the mile swim club... but I can't. Because it turns out the Y closes at 10:00, but the pool closes at 9:00 pm. Aaand... I only got in the first two sets of six one hundred yard swims. The nice lifeguard gal did let me swim to the opposite end of the pool to get out, so my last 25 yards were butterfly (well, soggy moth maybe) and I got out and soaked in the hot tub for ten minutes.

But next time, I promise.

eta: According to the WebMD exercise calculator, I burned about 950 calories in the process! WOOT!

This week I tackled the run (three miles). Indoor track because I didn't know if I actually could still run, and picking up my weak foot is still an issue, so the dangers of obstacles and ending up too far from my car dictated I start indoors on the horizontal hamster wheel.

On Tuesday i walked two fast miles then ran a third. on Thursday I did similar. Yesterday (Friday) I walked one to warm up andthen ran three without stopping. they took me 39 minutes. I've looked up sprint/mini-tri times and that doesn't actually seem too bad, although mine were indoors and not after the bikw ride.... but it's a start. Swam a few more 400s too, and joined and quickly left my old zumba class, but stuck it out through a strength and stretch class....

I pity the obstacles that dare confront Monster. :haha:

You're doing real well, keep going, don't be disappointed by minor setbacks, you're a winner.

Good work ethic.

I'm constantly amazed at what you do

wow, thanks guys *blush* I'm not really improving my weakness, though, or my sciatica :( But it's not getting worse either.....

...and now I have a bad thumb. got it x-rayed this week. waiting for results :( but i don't need it to do cardio. Stupid thing. I'm falling apart!

Swam today. A mile -inluding a warm up, two "sprint" 400s and a cool down. Both 400s were around 10 minutes, the second one was faster.

I have to register for the Tri this weekif i'mm'a do it. I found out it's the same weekend polo girl's team are at a tourney in Chicago :(

None of that matters, you're moving, moving without collapsing. The performance will improve in time, not as fast as you want I'll bet. But as long as you're moving it won't get worse, and eventually get better.
You'll be biting peoples heads off before you know it. :haha:

OMG! Ran three miles in 35m46s!!!! less than 12 minutes/mile. i was aiming/hoping for 39 again. :D

ooooooooooooooooooh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah.

9:50.13 on the swim. :D

I started with 10 minutes left before guard break and he was hovering at the end of my lane. maybe I should employ him to come and hover during the tri?

I don't know if you'll get all the way back, Monster. Life isn't perfect.

But I can see that you will be the best Monster you can be.

all the way back? physically, you mean? No, not completely. The vision thing is for life, I just have to learn to live with it. the weakness should be completely recoverable, it's muscle memory type thing, plus some damage for compensating for the sciatic issues on the other side which were worsened by ciompensating for the stroke weakness..... :lol: So, long time coming. the physical strength is still there (all docs and PTs comment on how ripped I am ;) ) the hardest thing with the weakness/sciatica is leaning to balance them while strengthening them. Swimming running and biking are all good for that. I may even force myself to a y---a class. no it's no good, still can't even type it. :lol: