What do you do when you have an injury that just won’t quit? Last fall I took a DNS at not one but two fall marathons. Fast forward to this year: My strained tensor fascia seemed to be healing up nicely: 9/16: I celebrated a pain-free 16 mile long run 9/22: I ran a slow but [Read More]
What Not to Wear?
The other day as I was getting ready to head to the YMCA for my long pool run, the Caveman said “I need to go with you the next time you go bathing suit shopping. That is a grandma suit.” What? Me? In a grandma suit?? When I purchased it, oh back in early June, [Read More]
Off the Deep End. Again.
Thanks to all of you who helped talk me down out of the tree yesterday. I swear the mental aspect of being injured is way worse than the physical one. As I mentioned, I managed a 90-minute pool run last weekend. I went back to the YMCA where I am no longer a member and [Read More]
A Runner in Bike Clothing
This hip injury has been a challenge to say the least. Filled with hope, I followed Dr. Miracle’s treatment plan as if my life depended on it. Alas Thursday’s test run did not go as planned: the pain returned after a mile and a half and I ended up shutting it down and moving to [Read More]
Injured Week in Review
It’s been 11 days now since I had to ease up on a run due to my complaining hip. I’ve rested, I’ve iced, I’ve heated, I’ve tested it. Pretty much its still the same: a dull ache that I’m hesitant to run through. I’ve had to get a little creative to try to approximate marathon [Read More]
Up For Air: 2010 in Review
Christmas was nice. It was wonderful to be with my family, the kids were delighted, Santa managed to find what he misplaced, the duplicate turned out not to be. The Buche de Noel, however…..was not so great. In the spirit of full disclosure the cake pic in my last post was what I’d HOPED it [Read More]
The Day My Feet Stood Still
There was no long run for me yesterday. Not on the roads, not in the pool, not even a cycling class. I swapped my usual pre-long run Sunday coffee for green tea and honey. And while not being able to get out there felt like a knife in my heart, a part of me secretly [Read More]
Pool Running 101
I’ve received lots of questions on how it is I do this pool running I’ve been rambling about lately. As I mentioned before, the water and I were not friendly before I tried pool running so jumping in the deep end was no small feat for me. But I sucked it up took the plunge. [Read More]
Training Recap
Week 8 of Boston Training is Complete: 40 miles?? Halfway to Beantown and the plot thickens. I got a diagnosis for my affliction, coupled with a moratorium on running. Out of necessity, I got a little creative in my training. I’m not exactly sure how to score the mileage. Let’s say 40 with most of [Read More]
