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October 2012

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Location:

Logan,UT,United States

Member Since:

Apr 08, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Former Course Record Holder (it was a good run while it lasted...)

Logan Peak Trail Race

Completely addicted to trail running

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Race Schedule

TBD...

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Who knows?

 

 

 

 

Personal:

Link to my Wife and I's Photo and Running blog

 

 

 

 

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Microspikes Lifetime Miles: 408.50
PI EMotion Trail N1 Lifetime Miles: 357.00
MT1010SA Lifetime Miles: 120.50
Rapa Nui 2 Lifetime Miles: 305.50
Altra Olympus Lifetime Miles: 555.80
PI Emotion Trail N2 Lifetime Miles: 312.50
PI Emotion Trail M2 Lifetime Miles: 328.50
2015 Trail Miles Lifetime Miles: 2047.50
2015 Road Miles Lifetime Miles: 490.00
2015 Mtn Bike Miles Lifetime Miles: 58.00
Altra Impulse 1.0 Lifetime Miles: 46.00
Altra Lone Peak 2.5 Lifetime Miles: 242.00
Altra Paradigm (blue) Lifetime Miles: 102.00
LP 3.0 Tester Lifetime Miles: 64.50
Altra One2 Lifetime Miles: 14.00
Altra Paradigm 2.0 Lifetime Miles: 92.00
Altra LP NS HT Lifetime Miles: 95.00
Altra Torin 2.5 Red Lifetime Miles: 7.00
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2012 Mountain Bike Miles Miles: 4.002012 Trail Miles Miles: 2.002012 Road Miles Miles: 6.00Ghost 4 Miles: 2.50Cumulus 11 White Miles: 3.50
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I couldn't take all this sitting around "healing" and "resting" and garbage like that so I decided to mix it up today and go outside!  Seriously, I have been going mad.  My ITBS has been horrible after the Bear and since it hurt to hike I haven't done much.  Progress is slow, but steady and today I went for a 35 minute bike ride up Providence Canyon Trail (until the trail closure signs turned me around).  They are fixing the road that washed out and guess where they are routing it.  On the trail next to the road.  How Rude.  Hope they finish soon so they can re-route the trail elsewhere.  Biking felt good, no complaints at all, but it was so short who knows? Either way, looks like I am on the mend and will be back in action sometime soon...

2012 Mountain Bike Miles Miles: 4.00
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Went for a hike up to the "Flag Peak" (6,620').  Its the peak midway up to Little Baldy from Providence Canyon that has a US flag on top.  I had never been there before and decided to power hike it hard.  Leg was feeling great on the uphill, and a bit touchy on the way down.  26:30 up (via the longer way) and 17:30 down the steep way.  I had to go different ways to figure out the best path.  The steep down route seemed to the be the most popular route and the other seemed like it was more like a deer trail.  Who cares though..

T-44:00 (1500' vert) 2 miles

2012 Trail Miles Miles: 2.00
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Ran to a Redbox (Avengers).  Loved it.  Hulk was the best.

My sciatica has been killing me today.  Plus the legs are crazy sore from yesterday.  Guess I am starting over from scratch.  Climbing 1500' in one mile is a bit much I guess.

2012 Road Miles Miles: 2.50Ghost 4 Miles: 2.50
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Since I couldn't run today (see reasons below) I went walking to try and loosen it up.  Averaged 15 mins/mile and it felt like 9 mins a mile.

- Sciatica Pain

- Right groin wouldn't let me lift up my leg past a shuffle.

- Right Hammy locked up

- ITBS is still giving me reminders every so often.

- My left side is perfect though....

Cumulus 11 White Miles: 3.502012 Road Miles Miles: 3.50
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sciatic pain!

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Sciatic pain has worsened after an evening of jousting and goofing off in a bouncy house.  Bad idea.  Couldn't sleep and nearly died of pain while putting on pants and shoes.  Went to Instacare and got some muscle relaxants for sleeping.  Tylenol for the daytime.  Doc told me to stay active and it will go away eventually.  

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Update - 

Tuesday this week,  I woke up and could barely move.  Horrible butt-hamstring-back of knee pain.  I nearly cried from the pain of getting out of bed and getting ready for work.  Definite setback.  I really haven't  been doing that much movement to cause the pain.  No crazy hikes or runs over and around mountains.  I took some Tylenol and went to work.  I also got an appointment for my Orthopedic Specialist.  I was convinced my hamstring was causing the pain as it was so tight and felt like it was ripping out of my knee and butt all day long.  Waves of pain shooting down the leg.  Anyway...

The soonest appointment I could get was for Friday.  In the meantime my days went like this.  Not too much pain from morning until noon, pain worsened during the day with my drive home from work being the most painful.  I couldn't even hobble around work without everyone wondering if I messed my pants or something.  The limping was quite awkward.  I finally realized my chair at work is putting stress on both my hamstring, back, and butt.  No wonder it got so bad while at work.  I promptly ditched my chair and borrowed this one.

It seemed to help and Thursday and Friday I saw serious improvement.

The appointment was helpful in many ways.  I got an X-Ray of my back try and rule out a herniated disk.  The Doc didn't see any abnormal spacing or signs of any problems.  He had me do all sorts of movements and was able to clearly see my issues. 

I was diagnosed with L5 Radiculopathy.  Sounds made up but it made sense.  It basically means (in my case) a pinched or damaged nerve is causing horrible pain.  Its a bit tricky trying to fix this but for the time being he put me on a 7 day cycle of Prednisone (steroid).  So far, (Saturday) it has worked wonders for me.  I can walk and move freely with no pain whatsoever.  Definite progress, but I may not be running for a while still....who knows...

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2012 Mountain Bike Miles Miles: 4.002012 Trail Miles Miles: 2.002012 Road Miles Miles: 6.00Ghost 4 Miles: 2.50Cumulus 11 White Miles: 3.50
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