Tuesday, May 12, 2009

ongoing recovery

This past weekend was the second of the Adventures Xstream adventure race series. This one was held in Buena Vista, CO and I was really wanting to do it, but held off in favor of letting the knee continue to heal. Plus, since it was Mother's Day weekend, Isabella and I had some good quality time together while Mommy enjoyed some time to herself.
On Saturday, we went to the Front Range 50 bike race to check out some of the action. I thought it might be interesting to check out some of the bikes and see some of the racing action. Not that interesting really. I've seen enough of that and it was just frustrating to me because the course was dry and very fast and I was wishing that I'd done the race the whole time. I haven't done any significant racing since 06 and I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines.
On that note, however...
A few days ago, I was speaking with a P.A. for another Orthopedic doctor in town and she said that with debridement AND microfracture, I should expect about a 9 month healing/recovery time frame.
This was disheartening, but helps me understand the continued discomfort I've been feeling during and after runs and rides.
On the fun side, I've already encountered a Rattlesnake ON one of the the trails I train on and yesterday, there was a coyote out on the trails as well.














Yet another reason it's not smart to run those trails with headphones.

Here's a recent photo from a ride on the Colorado trail. I went out one day with a training partner and we rode out to the trail, dropped the bikes in the woods, ran a few mountainous miles, then rode back down to the car. Good training day and the knee felt fine until later that day.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ARE YOU CRAZY!!!! BENJAMIN, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING TRYING TO PUSH AHEAD WITH YOUR KNEE RECOVERY WHEN YOU SHOULD BE TAKING IT EASY? I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU, WHO GENERALLY SHOWS A GREAT DEAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND INSIGHT IS SO FOOLISHLY TAKING CHANCES WITH YOUR KNEE AND A FULL RECOVERY!! I HOPE YOU TAKE MY LITTLE SERMONETTE TO HEART AND ACT LIKE YOU HAVE GOOD SENSE. HAVE I SAID ENOUGH OR DO I NEED TO CONTINUE ON? YOU CAN LET ME KNOW.
ON A LIGHTER SIDE, THE EASTER PICS OF YOU GUYS AND ISABELLA ARE ADORABLE, AS ALWAYS. I CHECK THE BLOG EVERYDAY FOR UPDATES. THANKS TO YOU AND ALLISON FOR KEEPING US CURRENT. CAN'T WAIT FOR MATT'S WEDDING SO WE CAN HUG ON ALL YOU REEVES. WE'LL CATCH UP ON OUR LIVES THEN. JUST KEEP MY MOM IN YOUR PRAYERS. SHE'S NOT BEEN DOING WELL FOR A FEW WEEKS. THANKS, AUNT DEA XOXOXOXOX