Tag Archive: injury

Feb
28

Testing the Toe

I ventured out on my first run since last Saturday’s Heart & Sole 5k today.  I hadn’t really planned on running until later this week, but it was a gorgeous day for a run; sunny with brilliant blue skies, and I couldn’t pass it up. After taping up my toe, I headed out on my …

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Feb
27

King of the Trainer

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With my foot injury, I have been doing some serious biking – all on the trainer.  This week alone, I did 6 trainer rides totally 11 hours and 15 minutes.  This translates to roughly 210 miles.  I don’t yet have a bike computer for my new bike so I estimated the mileage based on a …

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Feb
13

We Interrupt the Previously Scheduled Training…

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Warning: Ugly foot picture below. Just my luck.  The cold weather finally breaks with a heat wave of mid-30’s* (possibly even 40*) and I’m on the injured reserve list.  And not even with a cool injury that would leave me with a scar to tell stories about.  Instead, I was tripped by our dog.  Yep.  …

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Feb
12

Pain Free for 21 Miles

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First off, a huge thanks to everyone who expressed concern, gave advice, and sent “good vibes” my way on overcoming my calf pain.  The general consensus was to foam roll, ice and rest, so I did a little of everything.  I foam rolled on both Wednesday and Thursday along with doing some extra stretches.  I …

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Feb
10

Doing a Healing Dance

All of this run training is catching up to me and I am starting to feel some aches and pains.  I am really hoping that the aches go away quickly and don’t turn into full blown injury.  Right now, it is just soreness and not debilitating. On Monday, as I finished my run, my right …

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