| Location: Fort Smith,AR,USA Member Since: Jan 01, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Dec. 5, 2009 -- St. Jude Memphis Marathon, 3:31:56. Boston qualifier for 2011. Two-time Boston finisher. 19 marathons so far in 10 states, Canada, Germany, England and Sweden. Next up: London (4/25/17)
5K -- 21:57; 10K -- 45:54; 20K-- 1:42:39, Half -- 1:39:30. All subject to improvement. Maybe. Or maybe not. Short-Term Running Goals: Short-term: Just get my motivation back and go from there Long-Term Running Goals: A lot of marathons, and other distances, slowly. Personal: Physician assistant/hospitalist, divorced since December 2010, one child (son). Ran high school track, took 10 years off, ran a 15K on my 25th birthday, took off next 21 years. |
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Starting to wish I hadn't signed up for that half. The Achilles is really tender now and there appears to be some swelling. I'm suspicious of a partial tear. Maybe I'll see somebody from Ortho today and have them take a look. Think I'll take a couple of days off anyway and see how it responds. Oh well, I might just jog the half. Or skip it entirely.
Edited: Ran into Dr. Rhomberg, Ortho guy, at noon and had him take a look. He says it's tendinosis. Activity mod, NSAIDs, maybe some PT modalities. I'll hit the ibu and take a few days off and see what happens. Or at least cut back on my mileage. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.89 |
| That's a relief! Noticed tonight the Achilles did not hurt at all, even going up and down stairs at Sparks. So when I got off work at 11:15, decided to test it. Went to run two laps around the mall, pushing the pace in thinking that longer strides for the same distance might equal less pounding. Plus I need to push the pace with a half onlu 19 days away. Ran the first half (1.45~) in 16:47, the second half in 16:13, with the final 0.89 in sub-8 pace. No pain at all. The AT felt heavy, I guess is the word, but it did not hurt at all. Took some ibu, going to bed momentarily, and we'll see how it feels in the morning. Might take another short run tomorrow before work. But after only 82 hours off, I'm very pleased with the response. Wasn't just that it hurt, but it was bad enough to also swell. Some of the swelling hasn't left yet, but the pain has, knock on wood. |
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Achilles test #2. Slower, a little longer. Still no pain, but still feels heavy. It has occurred to me that if I weren't focused on it, I wouldn't notice anything. Thought about stretching the run out a bit tonight, but decided it was too warm for that (73 degrees? 30 minutes before Thanksgiving Day?). Of course, tomorrow night it will drop below freezing. Much better running weather.
So I work tomorrow, work Friday, get a couple of runs in there somewhere, drive to Bryant Saturday morning, pick up T, go to the game, come back, and work Sunday night. Then seven glorious days off. |
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| Easy run. Great running weather (35 degrees). Achilles felt OK. Unfortunately, the bear showed up. Bigtime. Got me as I got back to the car at what was supposed to be the halfway point of a 6-miler. Those plans changed really quickly. REALLY quickly. May now get in another run in the AM before work. |
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Absolutely no running content in this blog entry. Which makes sense, considering there was absolutely no running for me, as the Achilles problem has moved up into the calf somehow. Walking to the stadium was agony. But once I was there...
Anyone who knows me at all knows that if you cut me, I bleed little pigs. If anyone was born to be a Hog fan, it's me. Which has led to a lot of misery and disappointment, with rare intervals of ecstasy (April 4, 1994: January 2, 1978). Today was one of those intervals. We lined up and dominated a very good LSU defense. Cut out the penalties, the turnovers were not crippling, made the big plays in the passing game, and the line just wore them out in the fourth quarter. Could have been worse than 31-23, but I'll take it. If Auburn does what it's supposed to do in Atlanta next weekend, we're going to New Orleans. And I'll manage to be there, somehow. I'll have to juggle the work schedule and do all sorts of shenanigans, but Tyler and I will be there. He's never been to an indoor football game, which will be fun.
Weird coincidence: Our last Sugar Bowl visit was 1980, during my sophomore year at UA. What is Tyler, 31 years later? A sophomore. Oooh-eee-ooo-oooh... |
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