Bret

December 22, 2024

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Location:

Milton,GA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 27, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's -

Mile - 4:38 (High School)

2 Mile - 10:12 (High School)

3 mile - 15:51 (High School)

10k - 35:19 (High School)

Marathon - 2:59 marathon (London -2013)

Half marathon - 1:25:18 (Deseret News 2013)

Completed all 6 of the World Marathon Majors 2024

Completed each of the 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice.

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

13 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Sub 3 hour marathon~~

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to enjoy running and racing as long as my body permits me.

Personal:

Old guy - (grandfather even) been running for 40+ years.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	91.50	Year:	1815.45

Sat, Oct 10, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

PM - had plans to do a long run early this morning but storms changed my mind. Tried late in the day to get some marathon paced miles in on the treadmill- the good news was my HR at MP was ideal for about 3 miles - the unfortunate news was the PF pain was quite sharp today - making me fear a that I could tear it - so I bagged the rest of the effort and did some indoor rowing. Spent the next few hours reading about different diy remedies for PF.

Comments

From Drew on Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 07:38:39 from 173.171.218.92

Sorry to read about the PF, Bret. My wife is battling it.

I had a persistent bout with it, lasted somewhere between 1-2 years. In my case, stretching and icing didn't help much. Ibuprofen relieved it but was just a temporary fix. Oddly, the one thing that massively helped was simple - did 10-20 calf raises, 3 times a day. Strange that so little effort helped so much. Although cause and effect is never certain - maybe it just backed off in the same timeframe. But it did seem to help.

From Bret on Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 09:55:58 from 99.1.220.106

Thanks Drew - I will give that a try. It is a frustrating and somewhat unpredictable condition that in 35+ years of running I have managed to avoid until now. Just gotta deal with it.

From Drew on Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 10:22:10 from 173.171.218.92

Wow, that's pretty amazing you've never had it!

I hope the calf raises help - if anything, be careful not to overdo since they are so easy.

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