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Location:

San Antonio,TX,

Member Since:

Dec 13, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR - 18:01 - Nov '14

10K PR - 38:37 (workout) - Oct '14

Half-marathon - 1:22:43 - Jan '14

Marathon - 2:58:43 in Boston! - Apr '13

50 mile - 7:49:30 (2nd) - Nov '15

Short-Term Running Goals:

- Balance

- Run more trails, volunteer, more social running, run with a team

- Race a lot more.  learn.

Race results / possible schedule:

Apr 2 - Hells Hills 25k trail - 4th

Apr 9 - Toughest 'n Texas 20-mile Trail - 2nd

May 7 - Paleface - Trail Marathon - 3rd

May 29 - American Hero road 25k - 2nd

Jun 25 - Pedernales Falls 30k nighttime Trail - 5th (sick)

Jul 16 - Muleshoe Bend 30k nighttime Trail - 3rd

Jul 23-24 - Fossil Valley 9-hour nighttime Trail - 2nd

Aug 6 - Colorado Bend 30k nighttime Trail - 4th

Aug 27 - Reveille Peak 30k nighttime Trail (entered)

Sep 10 - Franklin Mountains 50k (entered - not all-out effort...I hope)

Sep 17 - Lighthouse Hill 20-mile trail (entered)

Sep 24 - J&J 50 mile trail

Long-Term Running Goals:

Compete in a few more ultras without going off course (again)

Sub-18 in a 5k

One.  Good.  Marathon.

Personal:

I started running at age 30, in late 2009.  I have 2 daughters (10 and 8 yrs old).

  

 

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Saucony A5 Lifetime Miles: 1054.70
Kinvara 2 - Gray/red Lifetime Miles: 1551.08
Kinvara 3 - Gray/red Lifetime Miles: 1244.23
1160s Lifetime Miles: 888.70
Saucony A5 Red Lifetime Miles: 565.10
Saucony A6 - Yellow Lifetime Miles: 214.00
Saucony A6 - Red/blue Lifetime Miles: 61.50
NB MT101 Trail Lifetime Miles: 302.00
Fastwitch 6 Red #1 Lifetime Miles: 286.50
Fastwitch 6 Red #2 Lifetime Miles: 267.00
Fri, Sep 10, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
11.002.0013.00

84F, 5am.  The ankle was a non-issue, so I went ahead with a long run.  First 9 miles were in the 8:30s and 8:40s.  Last 4 were 8:11, 7:52, 7:35, 7:22.  AP for the entire run was 8:20.  Pretty happy with it, given the heat.

On my other foot, another painful spot has cropped up.  The heel bone is tender and sore, mostly on the inside, not underneath where PF would be.  I started feeling it on my run today and can even feel it walking a little.  Hoping it's not a "Calcaneal Stress fracture" which is the closest thing I can match to it right now, although it's definitely runnable at the moment.  I'm thinking if it was a stress fracture it would feel a lot worse.

1140s #1 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 09:47:40 from 68.103.248.145

Congratulations on an awesome 13-mile run. It is my understanding that a calcaneal stress fracture is pretty rare in a runner, so hopefully whatever is going on eases up. Take ibuprofen! Your training looks really solid-I think you are headed for an awesome marathon in Houston.

From Mike on Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:22:53 from 155.85.58.253

I went through a cycle of my foot feeling good enough to walk and then it hurting again. Turned out it was a stress fracture that the doctor missed on my initial x-ray. A chiropractor found it a couple months later looking at the same film.

Bottom line, just because it doesn't hurt enough doesn't mean you shouldn't have it looked at.

From Rye on Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:54:17 from 97.121.0.122

Great job joe! You are preparing well for that race. Pace looks great.

From SlowJoe on Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 13:19:26 from 214.13.130.104

April - that is good to know. I could not find any other reason, in all my internet scouring, as to why it would hurt when I squeezed the sides of that heel bone. But after a day off it's definitely a bit better. I'm pondering right now whether to do an easy run after work to test it or another rest day.

Mike - where in the foot was the fracture? My understanding is that it's tough to pick up a sfx on an xray, though I guess they did with you. If it persists I will go in, if they even have x-rays here...

Rye - thanks, starting to feel faster finally.

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 13:38:54 from 68.103.248.145

I really hope it's not a stress fracture! I read somewhere that stress fractures show up best on an x-ray after they have started to heal. I hope it continues to feel better--do you think you possibly bruised it?

From SlowJoe on Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 14:14:12 from 214.13.130.104

I was hoping that it might just be a bruise, though I noticed a slow onset of tenderness a week or two ago, and read that bruises usually would be on the bottom of the heel. Maybe there's just a tendon or something close by that is sore/inflamed.

From Mike on Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:35:09 from 155.85.58.253

Sesamoid. It's a small bone on the bottom of your foot at the base of your big toe.

I'm pretty sure they have x-rays here. They had them at Tallil and that was a COB.

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