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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 08, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided -  
17:16 OktoberFAST 5K (10/11)
17:23 BAA 5K (4/12)
37:10 Memorial Day 10K (5/11)
1:17:03 Long Beach Half Marathon (10/11)
1:17:21 USA 1/2 Champs - Duluth (6/12)
2:49:01 Philadelphia Marathon (11/11)

Aided -
16:52 Fight For Air 5K (6/11)
17:08 Provo City 5K (5/12)
1:17:52 Top of Utah Half Marathon (8/11)
1:17:54 Utah Valley Half Marathon (6/11)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run consistently as I get back to 100% health. Stay patient!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun training and racing.

Sub-17 5K
Sub-1:17 Half Marathon
Quality for the Olympic Trials in the marathon

Personal:

I am originally from Knoxville, TN and moved to SLC with Jake in 2010. I started racing in 2011 and had some great success before a major injury hit me in July 2012. I had athletic pubalgia surgery in May 2013...then again in Sept 2014 and am still trying to get back to my old self. Although running is my true passion, I love doing pretty much anything active outdoors - backcountry skiing, backpacking, biking, etc. 

I've been running for the Saucony Team since 2011. I enjoy representing the brand and really do believe they make the best shoes :)

I work as a Quality Engineer for BD Medical in Sandy.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Skinning Miles (1000ft ~ 2.5 Miles) Lifetime Miles: 912.35
Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles: 10.50
Sun, Aug 12, 2012
Total Distance
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My rehab program for the next couple weeks b/c of my chronic hamstring strain and more recent illipsoas problem - 

-Yoga (Rodney Yee AM Yoga or Power Yoga)
-Trigger points tennis ball massage (gluteus medius and illiapsoas - painful!)
-General strength exercises for runners, including Myrtl, to strengthen the hips and core
-Hamstring strain progression exercises
-Upper body weight training
-Ice 3-4x a day on hamstrings and illiapsoas

This takes about 70-90 minutes. Mentally draining more than anything else. May incorporate a little elliptical/cycling once I don't feel the constant aching. Any other suggestions to add to this?

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 118.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 13:20:39 from 24.10.249.165

Do you have a lifting/strength training plan?

From Adam RW on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 20:33:28 from 67.182.250.241

It looks like you have your bases covered. Just keep it up and know you me and so many others on the blog behind you.

From Carina on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 20:52:40 from 204.15.86.83

I think you need weekly massages :) seriously though, it couldn't hurt.

From Fritz on Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 21:43:20 from 76.27.28.67

This does look exhausting. But as sir Frederick Douglas once said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." :) Of course I should be copying this routine because my hamstrings and hips suck. The only thing I would add, if you can bear it, is some swimming.

From steve ash on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 09:17:48 from 174.52.177.84

Thanks for the links:) Andrea, hope you can get through this soon and run well again.

I'm getting there but with my scoliosis it will probably always be a limiting factor.

From Rachelle on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 09:36:04 from 199.190.170.29

I agree with Carina about the daily massage. :)

From scottkeate on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 09:36:18 from 216.49.181.254

Looks like a great plan to me. It may not hurt to make a visit to my Chrio friend in Syracuse. Another option is to visit his mentor, Dr. Craig Buhler, who worked for years with the Jazz. Dr. Buhler will probably be a bit more expensive.

Dr. Rawlin: http://www.superpages.com/bp/Syracuse-UT/Rawlin-Chiropractic-Eric-Rawlin-DC-L2051309639.htm

Dr. Buhler: http://www.amitmethod.com/about-2/

Justin Park and Dan Varga have both had great experiences with Dr. Rawlin.

From Hamdog Alum on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 13:54:18 from 71.90.5.18

Looks like a great plan, I would add the foam roller to work the sit bone, hamstrings, IT bands, and quads 1 min for each area on each leg. Might as well go all out on the rehab.

From Andrea on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 20:10:08 from 67.177.11.154

Thanks for the additional suggestions! I will add foam roller and massage (maybe weekly though) to the list...and I'm going to call Dr. Rawlin tomorrow. I would swim, but I cancelled my gym membership in June. Pretty sure I jinxed myself b/c the week afterwards I tweaked my hamstring again :( If it takes paying for a membership to stay healthy, I might just have to renew it!

I don't have any structure to the strength training - the fitness instructor at my work has classes 3x a week so I just do whatever she does, mostly variations of squats, lunges, and lots of no fun arm stuff.

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