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Originally Posted by Alan T
FM, do you have access to a pool? If so, the least impactful way to keep your cardio shape would be to do water running with a pool belt. So you won't lose any fitness but not put extra strain on your foot while it heals.
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We do have a nice inground pool in our backyard, with about 8' of water in the little deep end and there are a couple local swimming pools around here but not in the immediate neighborhood. It's finding the time to train in the pool that's rough. As you know, I usually run at 5:30 in the morning because, well, that's the only time I can fit some running. This has worked really well for my running so far. Alarm at 5, get up, shake the cobwebs a bit, get my lunch ready for the day (basically take what I put together in the fridge the night before into my lunch box) and out the door at about 5:25 or so to start running at 5:30. I need to leave for work at 7, so gotta be back home at the latest for 6:20 for a quick shower and some breakfast. If I were tp tale 8-10 minutes to drive to the pool and then another 8-10 minutes to drive back, it'd leave me with about 30 minutes of training in the morning. Evenings are real tough for me with the dojo and all the kids' activities.
And with how the temperatures have dropped in the last week - it was 10C this morning - I don't see myself hitting the pool at 5:30 in the morning.
Water was at 75F this morning, WITH the water heater working hard to simply keep it at that level. Once both kids are in school, and that means today, I will probably not keep the water too warm since nobody will be using it during the day anyway. I certainly don't see myself jumping into 70F water at 5:30
In all honesty, I wasn't too worried about loss of fitness. Sure there will be some, but heh, I'll work on it when I get there. My big event of the season was last Sunday and the races I got left on my schedule this year aren't really "A" races, more like monthly fillers. The first one as I said is almost a family event and the second one will be my first ever repeat of a race. Sure would like to do a good time in them, but wouldn't break my heart if I didn't.
I was thinking that I might do some biking. I have an ok bike. It's more mountain bike than street bike but I don't care as I would not be going for speed or using it to race anyone, simply to get the cardio working a bit. Biking should be ok when resting an achilles, right?
FM