Day 123

Today was my first day back in a pool in over a year. Even before tearing my MCL and ACL, I can't remember the last time I swam! I was cleared two weeks ago to start swimming so I hit the pool this morning for some lane swimming. I plan to swim three times a week (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday), all lane swims. Some laps I use a flutter board and just focus on my leg mechanics, but most of them I do freestyle (front crawl) to keep track of my SWOLF.

Swimming is a great way to build muscle up again, with little resistance on my knee. It felt pretty good during swimming and even after. No pain to complain about. It's also a total body workout (my arms are dead!) so I'm glad I can finally get back to it. Running, I'm coming for you next!

Here's my stats. They're bad, but not so bad considering it's been over a year with no swimming!

I use the Polar V800 triathlon watch to keep track of all my training, including my physio routine. Can't wait for winter to be gone so I can test out the GPS on my bike (and eventually running)! You can find the watch here.

Till the next post,
Steph