Getting Back on the Bike and Into the Water

The nice long July 4th weekend afforded me the opportunity to get back on the bike and back into the pool.

Thursday - Swam 2,000m (1000 warm up, 16x50 on 1:00, 200 easy). Couldn't do flip turns, so swam a lot of 50s that day. After work, joined the ladies who were doing a 75 minute recovery ride. Like flip turns, couldn't get out of the saddle without feeling it in the knee. I did feel pretty good after getting off the bike, though.

Friday Swam 3,500m later in the morning (200-400-600-800 swim, 500-300-100 pull all on the 1:30 base, 6x100 swim on 1:40 easy/stroke drills). This was my second swim after being out of the water 13 days; flip turns were back, but pushing off the wall with the left leg was a little iffy.

Saturday - 90 minute bike ride. Rode a little harder than the previous day; watts were up, etc. I could get of the saddle for the easier climbs without too much discomfort and towards the end of the ride, felt pretty good.

Sunday - 2 hr bike ride. Was able to pick up the pace a bit, did more short hills, got of saddle without too much issue, etc.

Overall, for the 2nd week after surgery, swam 5,500m and rode about 80 miles. Got in some easy workouts 4 days in a row with no swelling or pain after the workouts. All good so far, but definitely could not run yet (going to hold off running until late august/september). Goal for next week is to get in about 15k swimming, 125 miles of riding along with two PT appointments.