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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Much More Believable Inconsistency…
Well, between bad weather, life’s little surprises, and winter grumpiness, I missed a whole week of running. I got out there this morning fully expecting a slow, painful run full of suffering! I was right about the pain and suffering, but surprisingly, not about the slow. I actually beat [...]
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Injured Again. Grrrr….
Yep, so that ridiculous knee injury took me off the road for five days. It still hurts constantly. However, I managed my first run of this week without it doing much more than aching. It definitely slowed me down, but it did not stop me! I’m not sure where [...]
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Hard Lessons
OK, so I guess the lesson to take home here is that past a certain age, you really do have to start out slowly when trying a new physical activity. It’s not just being lazy, any more! I seem to have settled into a rhythm that my legs can [...]
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No Quick Recoveries
Ugh! So I had to skip my course altogether yesterday because of the sprain. I probably could have walked it, albeit very slowly, but I had two hours of training with a new ballroom dance partner, and there was no way it would have stood up to both, even iced [...]
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