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Location:

Vestavia,AL,USA

Member Since:

May 31, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon Top 10 Finishes: 7 Bridges ('15), Utah Valley ('13), Salt Lake City ('08), Top of Utah ('07), and St. Louis ('04). Ran around the equator (24901.55) in 4,388 days.

Personal Records
Marathon 2:39 (SLC '08)
1/2 Marathon 1:12.30 (Provo River, aided '08)
10K 34:16 (Track, sea level '00)
10K 33:15 (Des 10K, aided '08)
8K 25:32 (Crack of Dawn, aided '13)
5K 16:44 (Track, sea level '00)
5K 16:07 (Running of the Leopards, aided '12)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~NYC Marathon November 3, 2019~~ done

~~London Marathon October 3, 2021~~ done

Tokyo Marathon March 3, 2024!!!

And my largest challenge to date, raise $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of my cancer survivorship and in memory of those lost to blood cancer...
DONE! $26,403.70

https://pages.lls.org/tnt/al/london2021/awende

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy being a Masters Runner.

Get under 3 hours one more time...

Personal:

Grew up outside Chicago and joined the blog while I lived in Salt Lake City. Now living outside Birmingham. I am married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	331.25
RM 090416 Lifetime Miles:						136.06
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles:						200.18
Nike Vaporfly Pink Lifetime Miles:						122.22
Saucony Ride #37 - Black Lifetime Miles:						56.50
Saucony Ride #38 - Neon Lifetime Miles:						53.50
Saucony Ride #39 - Grey Lifetime Miles:						59.50
Brooks Launch #38 - Grey Lifetime Miles:						65.25
Brooks Launch #39 - White Lifetime Miles:						57.50
Brooks Launch #40 - Blue Lifetime Miles:						54.00

Fri, Oct 24, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

I said it was time to get back on the wagon and the PT agrees. It turns out that the PT I saw Robin Marcus is a member of the Black Sheep and knows Chad, Josh, and company. Sometimes I'm so horrible with names, I've probably even met her but she didn't remember me either so maybe we didn't overlap for a workout. So I now have both an Ortho and a PT telling me that there is no obvious tear. That is good news. The bad news is we are not 100% sure. However, Robin was VERY thorough and came up with a bunch of suggestions and things for me to try as well as referred me to a third party to get one more thing checked out. So it is time to stop moping around and get back to running. I'm to try a few miles each day and as long as the pain doesn't get worse go with it. Also, I have some familiar stretches that I've neglected that I HAVE TO GET BACK TO... Finally, the "third party" is going to see if he can fix my orthotics. As they are over 8 yrs old it is probably about time. So the news is better than I was expecting, I was convinced there was a tear. We will see what happens next...

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From JD on Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 19:08:18

Good news! Enjoy the wagon ride.

From Jon on Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 20:24:11

Did you think the meniscus was torn?

From Phoenix on Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 21:43:44

More or less the instructions I was given with my achilles. The more I ran the better it belt because it stayed loose. My PT told my that I HAD to run and stretch or the ASTYM wouldn't work.

From Adam RW on Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 22:58:34

JD, Thank you. I hope it returns some sanity to my life.

Jon, It was worst case scenerio. I felt some loss of stablity and a few people I spoke to said you could have a rip without a full tear that could give similar symptoms.

Eric, You've been telling me that all along. It sort of worked before the marathon. I was just getting frustrated with the pain. It has been a dull ache since the initial injury with momments of pain. However, "just rest" doesn't cut it...

Thanks all. I'll keep you posted.

From Phoenix on Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:28:28

Yeah, I was skeptical of my PTs insistence on running through it. For sure, in some case that would be disastrous.

Initially, it got a little worse, but right about when I was going to exercise executive authority and stop running it started to feeling better during runs and in a matter of days I felt zero pain during runs. However, for several weeks it was still very sore to the touch, even though it didn't hurt running. The pain upon touch didn't really dissipate until my taper.

From Chad on Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 16:44:26

Robin is great. I hope you improve quickly and I expect you will.

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