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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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Skinning Miles (1000ft ~ 2.5 Miles) Lifetime Miles: 912.35
Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles: 10.50
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One week until I see the hip specialist in Nashville.

I'm feeling better and worse at the same time. Since I stopped walking/running almost completely, many of my symptoms have settled down. However, the groin pain and the deep gluteal pain seem to have intensified. Thankfully, I have been able to bike at an easy pace which has been a mental life-saver as of lately.

I am very nervous that this doctor won't find anything wrong. It's a valid concern, considering the number of doctors I have been to in the last 9 months now. I just hope he's as good as his reputation is. I would really love to do some fun trips this summer/fall where I can hike, bike, run...get back to the good 'ol days when I would go for a early morning run, ski all day, go mountain biking, then finish off with another run and collapse from exhaustion. So fun. I would take just a 4 mile horsepark comfort run too :)

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Comments
From allie on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:12:45 from 161.38.221.168

http://goo.gl/iu908

you deserve answers and good news, and i hope that you receive both next week. the good ol days will be back soon.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:32:55 from 163.248.33.220

How would you interpret him not finding anything wrong?

From Jake K on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:38:27 from 24.2.76.138

We'd interpret that with a swift kick to the @$$, lock the office door, and tell him to sit and think until he's figured it out.

From Andrea on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:49:25 from 72.37.171.52

Haha Jake! That would be the immediate reaction. But really I don't know...I KNOW that I strained my psoas muscle back in July of last year. That injury led to all the other problems in the hip region. So there are a lot of complications that can occur due to that injury - dysfunction of the muscle can cause a lot of compensation patterns so it's possible that the psoas muscle is just not doing it's (really important) part in stabilization. There are also several nerves that travel through that muscle that could have become entrapped and causing these other symptoms.

It's just really hard for me to believe that a doctor can't find anything...I mean, I can't even walk for 5 minutes without my hip pain flaring up. I get shooting pain from the pubic bone up the abdomen, my medial knee feels like pins and needles after biking for very long, my lateral hip feels like a muscle is tearing....I mean, seriously? There is absolutely nothing wrong? Hard for me to believe at this point.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:47:58 from 163.248.33.220

I think you are more knowledgeable about this than most patients. Make sure you share every detail of your injuries with him. Write it down if you have to the way you just did. The more info regarding your history he has, the better.

From Jake K on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:56:00 from 24.2.76.138

You should see her "Injury CV" - its an incredible (albeit sad) document... her internal medical records are 10X better than anything I've ever seen in a doctor's office.

From Lily on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 17:01:08 from 67.199.178.95

Thoughts are always with you. And especially in one week.

From Rachelle on Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:12:12 from 159.212.71.17

Definitely thinking of you Andrea. I am glad that you have been able to bike a little bit but really hope you can get some answers next week.

From Tara on Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 15:14:46 from 75.169.143.113

I so hope you get some answers too! Fingers crossed.

From ACorn on Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 01:29:38 from 71.213.40.95

I add my well wishes to the growing list! Hopeful that this will put you back in the running world.

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 16:40:01 from 98.202.242.213

Trust me, he is as good as his reputation is. I sure hope he can help you.

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:48:40 from 66.232.64.4

Good luck!

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