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So, 11 weeks post valve replacement I reffed my first high school soccer game tonight. With varsity and junior varsity, that is 140 minutes of jogging and wind sprints. 86 degrees and 80% humidity. A sweating paradise.
While I had been walking and jogging about 4 miles a day, with 20 or so 50 yard windsprints during one of the miles, I wasn't sure I would really be able to do this. I was a little winded after the daily wind sprints, so I wondered what would happen in game situations where you have to try to keep up with high school athletes.
So I started the game after about 10 minutes of stretching wondering what I might have gotten myself into. Within ten minutes i felt a tweak in my right calf. So I adjusted my running style for a while and it went away.
After 20 minutes I realized I was good and sweaty, having really been running hard and pretty much keeping up with where I needed to be. It felt good. I realized I was enjoying myself. And it kept feeling better and I was running faster as the games progressed. And I think I was running as well as I did for the last several years. (Remember, my valve went fast, I was asymptomatic up to the date of my surgery, except for blood pressure increases in the 3 weeks pre-surgery, so my running hadn't been affected by the screwed up leaflet.)
I made sure I stayed hydrated, and after the second game I was sweaty and happy. My last worry really is gone. Life is sweet.
While I had been walking and jogging about 4 miles a day, with 20 or so 50 yard windsprints during one of the miles, I wasn't sure I would really be able to do this. I was a little winded after the daily wind sprints, so I wondered what would happen in game situations where you have to try to keep up with high school athletes.
So I started the game after about 10 minutes of stretching wondering what I might have gotten myself into. Within ten minutes i felt a tweak in my right calf. So I adjusted my running style for a while and it went away.
After 20 minutes I realized I was good and sweaty, having really been running hard and pretty much keeping up with where I needed to be. It felt good. I realized I was enjoying myself. And it kept feeling better and I was running faster as the games progressed. And I think I was running as well as I did for the last several years. (Remember, my valve went fast, I was asymptomatic up to the date of my surgery, except for blood pressure increases in the 3 weeks pre-surgery, so my running hadn't been affected by the screwed up leaflet.)
I made sure I stayed hydrated, and after the second game I was sweaty and happy. My last worry really is gone. Life is sweet.
