Recovering from micro-fracture surgery :(

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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 09, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon #3 - PR - Salt Lake Marathon 2011- BMQ 3:41:03

PR - Bryce Canyon Half - July 2011 1:38:29

BOSTON

 

At the finish

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Recovering from micro-fracture surgery on my right knee.  I tore the cartilage off of my knee while doing a speed-training run one month before Boston.  Doc gave me a cortisone shot so that I was able to finish Boston.  After the surgery, I was told to never run again. :(

Long-Term Running Goals:

QUALIFIED FOR BOSTON! April 16, 2011 

Ran Boston on April 14, 2012! 

Personal:

 

Married, 40 year old, mother of four. 

 

"In truth, runners don't race other runners.  They race against themselves: to conquer their wills, to transcend their weaknesses, to beat back their nightmares.  And while a runner can't actually beat himself, he can beat his time. Even years into running, he can get better." Running for His Life by Michael Hall

 

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7.50

Treadmill run.  My parents couldn't babysit today. 

mile 1 - 7:41

mile 2 - 7:35

mile 3 - 7:30

mile 4,5,6 - 8

mile 7 - 7:41

54:27 This is my fastest 7 miler since the injury last August! yippee

Still rolling and stretching.  The IT is feeling better.  I have a lump on the back side of my knee.  Has anyone else had anything like this.  It hurts when I press on it.  My hub thinks it might be a cyst.  He told me to quit stressing my body out! He doesn't like my love of running/hiking/exercising.  He told me to just run 3 miles every other day on the treadmill like he does or ride the exercise bike and call it good. ha! I wish I was more normal.

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Head cold....head ache, runny nose, hurts to move my eyes!  NO BUENO!!! (My 13 yr old is taking Spanish)

I forgot that I had a lunch date with some friends from Jr. High at Cafe Rio today, so I jumped in the shower and got ready.  They went to Skyline and I went to Hillcrest, so I haven't seen one of them since Jr. High and didn't feel like I could cancel.  

After getting ready, I decided to just quit feeling sorry for myself and do my planned hill run......REALLY dumb to do after already showering and putting on makeup.  7X up the nasty hill that comes into my neighborhood.  I now have spaghetti legs (or as OREO would say, "JELLOSAUCE." I still feel like crap, but feel much better knowing my workout schedule can be crossed off! I better get to my weights, squats and core workout before I run out of time. bleh!  

Can't wait to see my old friends in my stinky running clothes! ha! Good think Cafe Rio is stinky so they won't be able to smell me though the mexican fiesta smell!

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Still sick.  I feel like my head weighs 500lbs.  Can't hear, can't breath, head feels like it is on the verge of explosion. 

Planning on running 16 on Friday and my nephew decided to go to Vegas for the weekend with his friends! Where are his priorities? ha!  Sad that I will be running solo with my ipod.  :(

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Ran with my brother-in-law's nephew, Eric Lloyd.  His dad died of melanoma that spread to his brain about 10 years ago. His dad use to run marathons.  Eric ran his first marathon this year and it was really emotional for him to run a marathon since his dad used to love running so much.  I am sure his dad was with him that day!  He facebooked me this week about running so I coaxed him into running with me today.  He was a sport to meet me at my house when he lives in Eagle Mountain.  I thought he lived in Draper, so I felt bad that he had such a long drive.  It was fun catching up, I hadn't seen him in a loooong time.  We ended up at a friends house for a pit stop and then made my friend run the last 6 with us.  He is on SL SWAT team and was up until 3 this morning.  It really took some coaxing to make him join us for the last few miles! haha!  

We ran to my parents house and my dad had to drive us all home.  I made him stop at my favorite drink place to get me a Diet Pep and he bought drinks for everyone and drove us all home.  I asked my dad if it reminded him of my teenage years?! ha!

It was a fun run today.  I felt like I could have run another 10.  I love days that running seems easy.  I felt crappy this morning and was wondering how I was going to make the 16, but downed 3 Ibuprofen and a half of an Excedrin with a banana and it must have done the trick because I started to feel better after the first couple of miles.  Beautiful, cold day! Head cold is on the mend! Yeehoooo! 

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