Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

No running.  Visited the doctor.  Confirmed left hamstring tendonitis.  Prescribed prednizone and physical therapy.  Saw the therapist this afterrnoon.  He feels it is a bit of a pull with some tendonitis adjacent to the tear.  I have visible bruising on the lower hamstring just above the knee.  He is fairly optimistic I can do the marathon in 12 days.  He said if it was really bad, I wouldn't be walking with as little pain as I am.  Had electrical stimulus treatment, ultrasound, massage, and iced compression.  Wants me back on Wednesday and Friday.  Maybe a little cycling or swimming on Thursday and an easy run on Saturday with no elevation changes, so I guess I'll be at the track.  There's nothing flat in Tooele except that track.  We'll see how it goes.

Icing and resting.

No running.  Therapy again tonight.

No running.  Cycle a bit later tonight.

No running.   Biked last night for 1/2 hour without noticing much.  Iced afterwards.  Therapy today at 3:00 p.m.  I'll try running some easy, flat miles tomorrow morning and see how things respond.  Only 1 week left until SGM.  Hope I can get a few easy miles in early next week.

6 very easy miles on the flat in Stansbury Park. Walked a 1/2 mile first then 2 miles slow running on the track. Felt a bit of pain at 1 mile or so, but it didn't really get worse. Ventured out onto the roads within the neighborhoods and then an out and back along Bates Canyon road, west of the highway. I'm fairly optimistic, but think I will probably have to be somewhat cautious early in the marathon. Therapy scheduled for 3 days next week. 54:24 or 9:04 average pace.