So, this wraps up 12 weeks since surgery and is quite the milestone. My muscles are strong, I am feeling good, but unfortunately, I am ready to do more than my ACL is ready to do. It is just biology, not me, not you, just the healing and adoption of the ACL into my body.
I can do activities where I am not going to tear my ACL, like running (initially on a treadmill), biking (indoors), and doing yoga.
I ran for the first time today since October 17, 2014. Fifteen weeks ago, on that Friday afternoon, I ran 5.41 miles at an average pace of 9:26/mile. Today I ran 2.25 miles at an average pace of 13:20/mile. Okay, not stellar, but I am really happy that I made it 30 minutes and got my pace down at one point to 11:00/mile!
I am still doing physical therapy twice a week and am now amping up my exercises. My physical therapist said that between 12 and 16 weeks, we would work on sport specific exercises. So, in my case, that is a lot of lateral work and plyometric work. Yay!
