Ten More Days!
It’s been nine long months since I was totally banned from running in order to recover from plantar fasciitis. Thousands of dollars, multiple shots and treatments, and three different configurations of ridiculously expensive orthotics later, and that may finally be over! As of a week from this coming Monday, I […]
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Stupid hurts!
Yup, just like you’d assume, that two miles made a mess of things. Three days later, the cortisone wore off, and I couldn’t walk for several days. Then, of course, I spent another three weeks icing and popping ibuprofen like tic-tacs, waiting for my orthotics. The orthotics help, a […]
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Better Living Through Chemistry!
Well alright then! Oral corticosteroids for the win! It’s been less than 24 hours since I began this course of steroid treatment for my foot, and my pain is almost entirely absent. I’m not going to get excited, this time. The cortisone shot I got five weeks ago did the same […]
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A Poor Substitute
So another three weeks of downtime has hit me. The fasciitis came back in a different part of the ligament-complex shortly after my last run. I’ve tried to keep up with the machine, but it’s getting ugly! I’ve put on weight, and feel like crap. Yesterday, the doctor prescribed oral […]
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I’m Back!
Yesterday, for the first time in nearly 2 months, I ran! It was glorious. And awful. Three weeks ago, I finally got a second appointment with the podiatrist. After a false start (I showed up and the office was closed; apparently they will only warn you of such things […]
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Fit To Be Tied!
Yesterday evening, I spent 10 glorious hours pain free. I just needed to get tied up! By the podiatrist, of course. I*finally* got a slot to see one about the tearing heel-pain that’s taken me off the road and made me limp for the last six weeks. As I […]
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No Progress
Well, after 3 weeks off from running, with daily massage and stretching, and icing after use, I figured it was time to try again. This was a mistake. Don’t get me wrong, the run went great. I warmed up extra-carefully, and massaged the heck out of my heel before […]
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It’s the drugs, stupid!
So here’s a tip. Don’t get used to running at a new “maxed-out” pace, then forget to use your asthma inhaler one morning and try to maintain that pace! That was a mistake. It would seem that the asthma drugs did have a large role in my performance […]
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I managed a last run of 2011, the morning of New Year’s Eve! Coincidentally, it also marked exactly six months that I’ve been running. It was a surprisingly important milestone to me, important enough to undertake even though we were in Maryland visiting friends. I should however, have considered […]
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Another Personal Best!
I think I may be turning into a bit of a masochist. It seems that the more I torture myself while I run, the more satisfying I find my results. Yesterday’s run was devoid of breathing problems, thanks to pseudoephedrine, but all the old aches and pains came back […]
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