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Location:

Cedar Hills,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 08, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:39 (2006) Half marathon: 1:33:45 (2006) Marathon 3:31:49 (2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lose some weight and get back into racing shape. Run more races this year.

 Next race: St. George Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and in good enough shape that I can more or less keep up with my youngest daughter.

Personal:

My wife Laureen got me into running. She went into the St. George Marathon Ten Year Club last year and I should go in this year. I have two daughters (15 and 21).

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Highland Glen loop in the afternoon (temperature: 50 degrees with a very slight breeze out of the south). Average pace was 8:52. The PF in my right foot was bothering me starting out, but it seemed to numb up a bit after about a mile. I still have some lung congestion, but over all it just felt great to get outside. There were time later on in the day when I hardly noticed the PF at all and other times when my foot was so sore I could hardly walk. I was happy that I could at least get some mileage in the last six days (and even happier to see Tom and Paul's race reports!)

Comments
From Tom on Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:54:27

Kerry I hope you can get the PF under control. If I can find a way to get it to you I'd be happy to let you try out my "sock" thingy that you wear at night. I think it has helped me with my PF problems but it doesn't work for everyone.

Thanks for you kind words on my race report.

From Paul T on Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 23:13:23

I finally broke down and bought a Strassburg sock a couple of weeks ago. I think it has helped my PF, and even my Achilles tendonitis a little. I plan to continue to use it for a while.

From Kerry on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:46:02

I'll have to pick up one of those sock "thingies" :) We bought a couple of braces that you wear at night when Laureen was having trouble with PF a couple of years back, but they're too uncomfortable for me (I pull them off after about an hour). Tom, did you have to cut back on your training to finally get rid of it or did it just gradually go away?

From Tom on Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 17:46:40

Kerry the Stassburg sock isn't all that comfy either but I got used to it after a couple nights.

In my case I didn't cut back much at all mileage-wise. However I did cutout the aggressive speedwork (intervals) and stuck with tempo runs.

Also I can't say it is 100% completely gone. There is a spot on my foot if I press there I can identify a pain point but it is very minor and never bothers me during a run or otherwise. Might be a lingering bone spur or something.

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