Mileage after surgery

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"biknfish" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I am having shoulder surgery this week. The doc says that I won't be
able to run for at least 2 weeks. I realize that when increasing
mileage, 10% per week is the general rule.

10% is the max, 5% is smarter and safer.

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Does this rule work in
reverse for a layoff? When I am able to run again, what percentage of
my previous mileage would be reasonable?

Have you been running for a week, a month or years? Anyway. you're not
going to turn into a sponge with a two week layoff. If you were running
20 miles a week before, I'd return the first to 10(and not all in one
day) and then 15 the second week and back to where you were the third.
Thereafter 5% increase.

-DF

"biknfish" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

I am having shoulder surgery this week. The doc says that I won't be
able to run for at least 2 weeks. I realize that when increasing
mileage, 10% per week is the general rule. Does this rule work in
reverse for a layoff? When I am able to run again, what percentage of
my previous mileage would be reasonable?

Thanks

In a two week layoff, you won't lose much at all. Your aerobic
conditioning will be almost basically the same, particularly if your
training was solid for a while beforehand.

You will lose some speed, but that's quick to get back after such
a short while.

As long as the shoulder is holding out, I would pretty well get right
back into it, clearly taking it easy pace-wise for the first few days
back, but be more-or-less back to normal training by the end of
the week.

Best of luck with a quick recovery. Perhaps a recumbent bike
could be utilized comfortably enough while recovering, before
you are able to run. That would smooth the transition even more.

cheers,
--
David Hirsh, director
www.absolutelyaccurate.com
Southern Ontario's Summer Race Series!