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| Robin Rocky Mountain Stroke Survivor |
I realized last week that if I had taken the same amount of effort I’m putting into my therapies now and applied it to a training program before the strokes, I would have been able to complete a triathlon.
I’ve decided that if I continue to put in the same level of effort long term, I will eventually be transitioning from walking in the water, trying to speed up to something resembling a run, and riding a stationery bike for a few minutes…to actually doing the real activities (swimming, running, biking)…to working on increasing speed and endurance on those activities. There are training plans to get you “Couch to 5K” in a certain number of weeks. Well, if you work on this for years, shouldn’t you be able to get “From Stroke to Sprint“?
Even if I don’t ever complete a triathlon (which I think would be really exciting to actually do), I do know that I have as rigorous a training schedule as if I was actually planning on a sprint this summer. Maybe someday I’ll actually complete a race… I’m going to work hard enough now to maximize my chances of doing it someday… but even if I don’t, I know that stroke recovery is an intense training program!
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