I decided to start posting publicly on the blog again. I have been very hesitant to do this for many reasons, but in the end I know it is good for me to capture my progress and how I am feeling on a daily basis (for some reason I cannot be consistent with writing down this information on an excel spreadsheet).
Just to give a brief summary of the last 8 months or so...I had a second surgery for my chronic groin pain back on September 10, 2015. I can now confidently say that the surgery was worth it and has relieved much of the chronic groin pain. Here is a 3-6 week post-surgery update and a 4th month post-surgery update. I really need to make another update post of 4-8 months...it's on my list! Basically, I spent the first 3 months walking, biking, and laying on the floor a lot. The next 3 months I was able to spend a lot of time in the mountains and get some great exercise through backcountry skiing. And these past 2 months I have finally started to run again. I am currently running ~20mpw and loving every second of it. I still have some pain, but it is getting less. My body is still learning how to move correctly again after 2.5 years of compensation, and this process will likely take quite a bit longer.
This has been and continues to be a very long recovery. I honestly don't know if I'll ever be completely without pain or be able to train and race competitively again, but I am now at a point where I can be happy again. And that's a really big deal! I can enjoy the things I am passionate about - running, skiing, hiking, and essentially everything else relating to being active in the outdoors. The biggest struggle I am having right now is too much motivation :)
AM - Strength training class for 50 minutes.
PM - Glad that Alta closed and we can finally use the terrain for skinning. 1800ft this evening, and the turns were perfectly slushy.
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