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Recovery

Well....I had the knee surgery on October 22.  It was a successful surgery and my knee felt better immediately.  I was back to work in two weeks.  I started running again that same day November 8th...slowly but surely.  I had missed nearly 6 weeks of running just because it hurt too much to run and my knee would "lock up" and I was unable to straighten it without causing more pain.

Today I ran my favorite Enoch 5K route.  It was the first time since I got back in the saddle that I felt good the whole way!  I finished in 32 minutes.  Cardio is coming back and the soreness is abating!  My weight stayed pretty good considering I really didn't do much while waiting for the surgery.  Right now I am at 213.  My goal is to get under 200 by April.  (That's when I have to pass the department PT test and we have our assessment for the Apple Wellness Program the city makes us do each year!)  I don't ever want to be back up around the 250 mark which is where I started in March of 2008 when I began running.