An Ironman’s recovery from an Achilles Tendon Rupture

Hey there!

I’ve been a bit tardy with my posts but when you are at this point in the recovery process there is not much going on so there is not too much to comment about. Plus, when you are more mobile, you don’t sit around the computer as much. This is why I am now going to post every 2 weeks (unless something huge happens).

Physio still happens twice a week for me and it is much of the same as before. My physiotherapist is still working on smushing the rest of the hump out. There is a general overall soreness in the whole achilles area. That may be due to the increased strength exercises and movement stresses I am putting on it. By the way, doing one legged raises in a swimming pool is so much easier. I discovered this last week and sure wish I started doing this a month ago.

I started walking on the treadmill this week and threw in a few 1 minute bursts of “running”. The fastest I’ve gone at those 1 minute bursts is 6:00/km pace. The strength is definitely not there. I did 2 5.3 km sessions. One for 50 min, and yesterday for 46 min. So not speedy at all but it is a start.

I vowed to start running by November so only one day to go. We will see what happens.

Happy healing to all. Thanks for reading.

Hoss