I ate way too much yesterday at Easter dinner. It's hard to turn down ham, potatoes, squash and rolls. Oh, and Rice Krispie Treats with Reese's Pieces. Even so, today was a day off from push-ups, pull-ups and core work. I did do a moderately hard trainer ride this morning for 45 minutes with a pretty good variation in gearing. Kelly and I also did a lot of walking today. Before our 45 minute walk I went with her to run a couple of errands which kept us walking around. Up until today all of my walks have been on the pavement or treadmill. Today we took it off-road for a little bit and walked around the school yard with Hank.
The at home PT exercises are pretty easy now and I am seeing quite a bit of the strength and muscle tone coming back to my quad and calf. I still have some tightness and cramping in my calf that I will ask Dr. Karyn about tomorrow. Flexibility is really no longer an issue and I have most of my range of motion back. I know that I have not made it to 135 degrees of flexion but I am getting close. There is still some pain when I walk downhill, but today my gait seemed more even than yesterday.
Like I said, today is a rest day, but soon I will need to start laying out my training plan to prepare for Lake Placid. I think that I will get comfortable in the pool again and riding outside before I put together my plan.
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