Personal Best!

[mtkayak]

5 months Post Op now. Last night I jogged for 7 miles on the tread in the gym. Heat is too unbearable in Atlanta to run outside. Anyway, 7 miles in 90 minutes. Had to slow it down the last 30 minutes heart was jumping out of range around 160bpm (target is 130-147). My HR dropped from 147 to 97 in 1:45 seconds after the workout. Yeehaw!!!! I also did 7 miles of Class IV whitewater last Sunday and it barely phased me. Getting ready to start paddling some Class V rapids here soon. The heart is absolutely loving the adenaline and I'm not tiring as fast as before.

There is life after OHS

 

[BillCobit]

5 months Post Op now. Last night I jogged for 7 miles on the tread in the gym. Heat is too unbearable in Atlanta to run outside. Anyway, 7 miles in 90 minutes. Had to slow it down the last 30 minutes heart was jumping out of range around 160bpm (target is 130-147). My HR dropped from 147 to 97 in 1:45 seconds after the workout. Yeehaw!!!! I also did 7 miles of Class IV whitewater last Sunday and it barely phased me. Getting ready to start paddling some Class V rapids here soon. The heart is absolutely loving the adenaline and I'm not tiring as fast as before.

There is life after OHS

That's a good show for 5 months out, Mike. I'm not surprised by the HR getting out of hand after an hour of jogging - I had that same phenomenon for about a year or so after surgery. But as I recovered, I could exercise for longer and longer periods before my HR jumped into the red zone. For now, I would just work on increasing duration while keeping your heart rate in a comfortable zone - just like you are doing.

Glad to hear you are back on the water and enjoying yourself again!

 

[tommy]

Congratulations. I'm glad that you are not adding the summer heat to the long run. Your recovery, of course, is wonderful and validates your progess. Looking forward to hearing more.

 

[mtkayak]

Thanks Y'all! Any advice on how to keep the heart rate lower? Should I step it down a bit? Lower my heart rate and do longer workouts. More of a low intensity workout? I think I might be pushing it just a tiny bit. 130-137 bpm seems to be a very comfotable rate. I would like to run a 10k in the next couple of months.

 

[BDMc]

No advice...

No advice...

But I'd love to see pics of the kayaking! Brian

 

[StretchL]

WOW! That is SO COOL TO HEAR about the quickly dropping HR!

I can't wait to get back to running after the surgery. I was never allowed to do it as a kid, then started in my 30's. Had to quit a couple of years ago because of the aortic valve going downhill...

I'd love to hear more about your life on Coumidin, etc. Do you travel much? I'm on the road a lot with my work, sometimes overseas, not in control of my diet, and far from decent medical care. Thoughts? Thanks!

 

[mtkayak]

I'd love to hear more about your life on Coumidin, etc. Do you travel much? I'm on the road a lot with my work, sometimes overseas, not in control of my diet, and far from decent medical care. Thoughts? Thanks!

I've only been on Coumadin for 5 months now so it's hard to say how it's affected my life. But so far it has not affected it and I do not intend to change my lifestyle because of it Only my recovery has affected my life thus far. I do love to travel abroad (for pleasure) and I will not change that either. I have a trip planned in November to go to Equador to kayak. I travel here locally in Southeast a lot with kayaking and have not experienced any change in my INR. I bring a small first aid kit with me, that is the only change I have made but a lot of people I paddle with do that. My diet is the same now as it was before surgery, not a big deal. I don't like a lot of food that's high in Vitamin K (greens) so that's not an issue for me. I drink alcohol once a week now. I don't drink much during the week any more mostly because of the calories So far life is good

I will post some pic here soon!

 

[Mark Wagner]

Your doing great Mike! Keep it up.

Mark