Do you allow admittance on this thread if the disability is due to surgery?? 

That is a great question best posed to the great and powerful Oz O Skizzy.

So I got myself in the pool yesterday. I swam about 350 yards. It had been awhile since doing so and I have to admit, I look forward to going back tomorrow. I'm a bit worried that I may have reherniated my L5S1 disc that I had surgery on in 2010. The symptoms are so similar and at this point, I'd rather not run than go through that again. Taking it a day at a time. I had to take a year off with that injury, and I didn't die. No real diagnosis just sciatica at this point.

I am an optimist and work with whatever I have to. If I can't run, you better believe if pain allows, that I'm swimming, using the elliptical, working on my strength, whatever to keep me sane and not fat. Lol. Exercise will always be a part of my life. I have started physical therapy and I will be doing acupuncture after the holiday.

So thankful to have a place to vent and I'm sorry for all the injured here.

Mandy still the groin injury or something different?

Always the groin injury.  I'm going under the knife for it soon.

So, while I have to admit that my knee is feeling pretty good lately, I'm being a good boy and not running on it. (Grrr!)  It's hard to believe I have not lost my sanity by not running, but cross training has helped me.  I also did bike shopping.  We  got Christmas bonuses at work so I decided to splurge on myself.  I asked the family for safety gear & after a couple weeks of research & shopping I bought myself one of these yesterday.....

It is a Cannondale Quick 4 & one sick piece of engineering!!  I put her on her maiden voyage last night for about 7 speedy miles.  (If anybody remembers my bike speed thread, I averaged around 5min/miles & on this thing the same effort is 4min/miles. (yikes!)  Yes, significantly faster!  Carbon forks, wheels as light as air & just a very comfortable geometry.  It's an awesome bike.  Legs are feeling it a bit this morning but plan to get good at this bike thing regardless of how my running future goes.  I think I'll need this as an avenue going forward cuz my joints aren't going to get younger.

If anybody else is considering it, I can't recommend Cannondale's Quick line enough.

Sweet! A carbon bike makes a huge difference . Hubby and I are both triathletes and have full carbon road bikes. He also has a

carbon tribike.

I love swimmimg and cycling and am a big believer that multisport is what has kept me injury free for so many years.

Hope u enjoy the cycling and keep it up after your return to running .

So, while I have to admit that my knee is feeling pretty good lately, I'm being a good boy and not running on it. (Grrr!)  It's hard to believe I have not lost my sanity by not running, but cross training has helped me.  I also did bike shopping.  We  got Christmas bonuses at work so I decided to splurge on myself.  I asked the family for safety gear & after a couple weeks of research & shopping I bought myself one of these yesterday.....

 

 

It is a Cannondale Quick 4 & one sick piece of engineering!!  I put her on her maiden voyage last night for about 7 speedy miles.  (If anybody remembers my bike speed thread, I averaged around 5min/miles & on this thing the same effort is 4min/miles. (yikes!)  Yes, significantly faster!  Carbon forks, wheels as light as air & just a very comfortable geometry.  It's an awesome bike.  Legs are feeling it a bit this morning but plan to get good at this bike thing regardless of how my running future goes.  I think I'll need this as an avenue going forward cuz my joints aren't going to get younger.

 

If anybody else is considering it, I can't recommend Cannondale's Quick line enough.

So, while I have to admit that my knee is feeling pretty good lately, I'm being a good boy and not running on it. (Grrr!)  It's hard to believe I have not lost my sanity by not running, but cross training has helped me.  I also did bike shopping.  We  got Christmas bonuses at work so I decided to splurge on myself.  I asked the family for safety gear & after a couple weeks of research & shopping I bought myself one of these yesterday.....

 

 

It is a Cannondale Quick 4 & one sick piece of engineering!!  I put her on her maiden voyage last night for about 7 speedy miles.  (If anybody remembers my bike speed thread, I averaged around 5min/miles & on this thing the same effort is 4min/miles. (yikes!)  Yes, significantly faster!  Carbon forks, wheels as light as air & just a very comfortable geometry.  It's an awesome bike.  Legs are feeling it a bit this morning but plan to get good at this bike thing regardless of how my running future goes.  I think I'll need this as an avenue going forward cuz my joints aren't going to get younger.

 

If anybody else is considering it, I can't recommend Cannondale's Quick line enough.

Hear, hear -- I've got one!!  (That's permanently parked on the trainer since I refuse to break anything in another crash, but that's another story.)

  I think every runner should own a bike.

 

Do I get kicked out of this thread for running 12 miles today?

1) Agreed. (did 45 minutes on the spin bike today myself)

2)  Depends - were they painfree?  If no, you are welcome to stay.