Surgery and a Run

I got the word that my surgery for the tummy tuck had been approved.
I got a call and it got scheduled for the 12th of December.
Then I got a call and it got rescheduled for the Monday the 9th of December, first thing in the morning. 

I got approved for the full T surgery.
A Panniculectomy and an Abdominoplasty.
They will cut me from hip to hip along my waistline and then cut up from the middle to my sternum.
They will take out all the loose skin thruout my abdomen.
While they are in there, they will repair some damaged stomach muscles.

I have been told that I probably won't be able to stand fully upright for a full week.
I won't be able to really walk much for a month.
I won't be able to really go hard into workouts for 2 months.

But this will give me at least a full 3 1/2 months at full capability to train for the 2020 Eagle UP Ultra June 6. 

I am also thinking of doing the Fargo Marathon on May 9th.
It has a 7 hour time limit (16 min mile) and would be a good measuring stick for the Eagle UP a month later.
Worst case for me is that I start it and just do the half marathon.

If I do those 2, then I need to think about what other events I want to do.
I know I want to do the Ragnar Relay MN again on Aug 16/17 and the Ragnar Trail WI on Sep 18/19.

This leaves me with all of July open for an event and neither of the Ragnar events are truly that taxing and would prevent me from doing another event near those. 

Have to do some research.
Also have to look into potentially travelling to some.
I am sure Elsolel would like to go somewhere to visit and let me run while she does something. 


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Quick News

Finished my Minneapolis Halloween Half.
Just over 3 hours. 
Could have made it faster but had some GI issues and had to walk for a mile before I got to a stop with people and porta-potties so I could go. 
My overall average pace dropped 45 seconds a mile in that section.
I went back to my normal pace after so I know I could have kept going if I hadn't had to deal with it. 
No more wearing body suits on long runs. 
If I had been in shorts, I could have stopped earlier and gotten out of the stop faster. 
Oh well, live and learn and I am still happy with how I did, especially considering I hadn't really been training for the event. 

In other news, I went in for my tummy tuck consult.
She was extremely happy with my progress and is submitting for insurance approval. 
She recommends the full tuck, or as she called it a T tuck.
They would cut across from hip to him but also go up to my xyphoid process and pull all the skin in.
She also found some minor tears in my stomach wall that needs to be repaired. 
I am hoping that it is enough to get insurance to cover the full tuck. 

If I do the full tuck, I will be limited to some walking after 2 weeks and NO hard physical activity for probably 8 weeks. 
The stronger and better shape I am in before the surgery the better my recovery will be.
I just HAVE to take the time to recover so I don't injure myself. 

Starting the 5th week of my working out heavy.
I can tell I am making progress.
My arms are totally smoked right now too. 
I will post my full weekly workout on a different post later. 



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