Running after surgery

I am my company's health and wellness chair, although I am not the picture of healthy perfection I have been able to reach my employer's goals pertaining to engaging employee participation and leading by example. This year, I will be hosting our 3rd annual 5K event in June. I have only ever fast walked it. I have done couch to 5K at home and even at 250lbs have been able to keep up, I'm just too embarrased to run infront of my coworkers. I have not ran in atleast a year now. I walk daily. Surgery date is 3/21, 5K is June 4th. Is that enough time to heal and train? The event is 11 weeks post op. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

I plan to be a "runner". I loath the gym and would love to workout at home, so I'll be watching the forum for all info I can obtain :-)

I just now 3 months out and I started jogging about 6 weeks or so out. Doing the c25k program on my iphone. It is free and helps you train for it.

My 5k is May 1, just giving myself enough time.

Right after surgery you can walk to your hearts content, but I think running is usually limited to 6 weeks post op.  that would give you 5 weeks to prepare.  You could do a 5k, especially if you have done them at 250lbs.  You may be able to run it, but even if you run half and walk half, you shouldn't have issues.

I just started couch to 5k this weekend.  My legs are still sore and I was cussing at the lady when she told me to run.  I'm hoping for nice weather this evening so I can get out and do day 2.  I attempted day 2 yesterday but the weather shut me down.

Oh man, the things I've said to that poor woman! 

I started Couch 2 5K this weekend as well :)

Tomorrow (my 50th birthday!) is Day 2.

Feels good to be running again.

Happy Birthday!

If you see me running, you should do so too because it's at the very least, a zombie chasing me ...   

I ran for 5 years after surgery, but eventually realized that the joint and injury risk far outweighed the cardiovascular benefit.  Walking is excellent exercise

I would suggest that you ask your ortho dr.  If you are still very heavy, I suggest that you consider saving your knees until you are at better weight for high impact activities.  The worst think that you can do you your long term success is have an injury or worsen joint degeneration.

You did not post your weight, age or how long you have been at a high weight, but those are factors for how much damage you have already done. 

I had my surgery May 7th and was "jogging" a 5k on June 20th. I probably weighed in the 220-230's around that time. What I considered a jog was a moderate to fast walk for most people. I didn't drink enough water and really regretted that. I would recommend carrying a water bottle with you. I was really active prior to surgery so I think that helped me to be ready for the 5k, which is sounds like you are too, so you should be fine. Just make sure to keep checking in with your doctors. I made sure mine all knew about my plan for the 5k at my check-ups so that if they saw any red flags we could talk about it. 

Flash forward 10 months and now I am becoming one of those people that likes to run - kind of. I still don't get excited about going to the gym, but I've signed up for a 5k in April and plan on actually running the whole thing. And by running, I mean actual running like a normal person.  Starting next week, I will also have a running partner one day a week to run outside. What a hoot.  In a million years, I never would have guessed that I'd be training for a 5k with visions of a 10k in the future. This surgery has changed my life.

Good luck to you! Keep us posted on how everything goes and how your training is coming along.

I call my light jog prancercising!