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  1. nice work!
    glad to see other bike commuters on here! i've been riding in to work lately as well and since today is denver's bike to work day, i organized my company's team! too bad only 5 of 35 decided to do it :) better than none, i suppose! looking forward to the downhill ride home :)

  4. do not wait any longer to get the surgery! get it asap!! you are only doing more damage, the longer you wait. especially since you injured it 4 months ago already.

    that being said, i tore my acl (complete), and medial meniscus (partial) back in december. i had to wait until february to get my surgery. after my surgery, i was told it would be about 6 months to a year before i was back at 100%. well, i did my physical therapy sessions 3x a week for the first 2 months, then down to 2x, then 1x, now i'm still going, but only 1x every other week. basically my pt says i'm way ahead of schedule in my recovery. also, make sure you get a CPM machine, it greatly reduces the scar tissue buildup. oh, and get one of those cooler pump things too... very addicting! most importantly... do your home exercises that the doc and pt give you... the more you do them, the better and faster your recovery will be.
    let me know if you have any more questions!

    so now, its 4 months post op for me, and starting at 8 weeks, i was cleared to start running again (usually at 3 months they let you start running). since then, i have gone on a 7 mile hike, a few 25 mile bike rides, trained for and ran a 10k, did a 10 mile backpacking trip and started working out again! my doctor says i can jump again at 6 months, but i'll have to wear a brace, same goes for snowboarding this upcoming season. the brace is supposed to be worn until 1 year post op.

    * edited to say: holy shit, that was my longest post ever on here!

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    How did you do in the Boulder Bolder?:)



    HA! I had to share a hotel room with 7 others... needless to say I didn't get more than 1 hour of sleep.
    All things considered, I think I did very well :) I finished in 1 hour! My only goal was to finish... since I had ACL reconstruction surgery 3 months ago. It was such a great experience, and I plan on running it every year now!
    Onto my half marathon next!!

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    I know this is going to be a long battle for me because I'm not counting on dieting to help me at all (food has always been one of my greatest downfalls and I have pretty much no self control when it comes to that).



    you should reconsider... what you eat is 80% of your body make up, the other 20% is 10% genetics and 10% exercise.