I see the names of the folks who went through resurfacing with me ten years ago. Hey guys!
This is Blinky, now Blinky one as time has had an effect on my memory if not my hips, and I forgot my login credentials.
The short update? I am doing great. I run, I swim, I hike, I dance, I spin, all the things. Ten years of sports and travel adventures. I wear out my kids and my husband.
The longer version? The first year I focused on recovery. The second year, and, well, every year after, I pushed to see what the hips could do. Could I run a half marathon? Swim a 5k? In that second year, I found many things I could not do because I had fallen out of condition or because my brain and body had stopped communicating. But those could be remedied with hard work. I felt like year two I made some great gains. The gains came more slowly after that, but I was still improving. I settled into running a few half marathons a year in our cool months, swimming, and spinning. My H took a short gig in NYC, and for two years I spent every other weekend there, routinely walking 30k steps a day. Feeling completely recovered and very fit, I signed up for a half Ironman in Galveston for the spring of 2020.
Covid hit. Aargh! No half Ironman for me. I did a slew of virtual races, including the Virtual Race Across TN, and eventually got back in the pool, in an outdoor pool with all kinds of Covid mitigation rules.
After Covid? Fit but not as fit. My boutique spin gym closed down. And I went back to school to get a masters in history. The degree turned into a new job lecturing at a local university. I am still running 5x a week and swimming probably 4x, but training for long events is more of a challenge with work and travel. I try to run one half marathon and swim one long open water swim a year. I expect (hope) the next big distraction from training will be grandchildren.
It has been a terrific ten years. I look forward to another ten.