Call me crazy (ok - I'll do it - your crazy) but with the Marathon looking like it's going to fill up within a few more days and my Boston qualifier race ready to expire (no good for 2011) - I signed up (it so happens to fall this year right on my 43rd Birthday).
5 months away - I am optomistic about my odds to finish - but it most definately will not be a race - to have fun and cross a finishline is all I want at this point.
Prior to signing up I did go get another MRI - my 4th of the year:
1st - 1/2009 - indicated a stress fracture
2nd - 4/2009 - indicated I'd aggrevated the stress fracture adding a crack trying to come back too soon (at the time I could barely walk for a week and feared not just my running carreer but perhaps my walking carreer was over)....advise was to expect 3-6 months to heal.
3rd - 7/2009 - indicated significant improvement (I'd hope so as I'd done nothing at all exersizing since the prior)....but not perfect.
4th - 11/2009 - no indication of any problem whatsoever (Yahoo!!!!).
This doesn't mean I'm ready to go out and run miles and miles and in fact I am only very very slowly pregressing back this time. My schedule which I copied from Kate recovering from the same injury with what appears excellent PT guidance on such things has been something like this:
3 weeks - ~10 miles total split up thru the week - 4 minutes walking, 30 seconds jogging - max ~3 miles at once.
3 weeks - ~12 miles total split up thru the week - 4 minutes walking, 60 seconds jogging - max ~4 miles at once.
I've just finished the above and now I'm moving on to 90 second jogging and a little more mileage.
Add to that a local PT has given me a bunch of strength training to do ~25 minutes per day that I've been doing about a week.
With this there is some soreness in the hip and buttock but with the MRI clear I'm more convinced it is soft tissue stuff that can be rolled out and deminished with the PT.
Its going to be a long road to get to Boston but I'm looking forward to it.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
This is getting really old........
Rehashing my history again....
Last "Real" run.....11/16/2008 - San Antonio Marathon
Rest Breaks and attempts to come back:
1st - 12/28 - 2 weeks off
2nd - 2/2 - 4 weeks off (some swimming) - attempt up to 3 miles then uncomfortable so stopped
3rd - 3/18 - 5.5 weeks since 2nd (lots of biking some swimming) - attempt up to 5 miles - re-sfx'd worse than ever before - clock starts over.
4th - 7/11 - 15 weeks since 3rd (no biking or swimming) - very short (.6 mile) test runs - slight soreness next day.
5th - 8/1 - 18 weeks since 3rd (some swimming) - still counting from 3rd as 4th I don't think really re-aggravated......slowly progressed thru the month totalling ~60 miles for the month maxing out at 7 miles with a walk break in the middle. A little sourness but seemed to be getting better but then seemed to be getting worse so stopped again 9/2...
..pain initially wasn't quite in the right place - lower in the glut - maybe at SI or piriphormis......but after some days the soreness started again back higher where the SFX was. I tried a weekend of biking (30,55 milers) then it seemed sore again for a few days. I recently switched to pool running ~20-30 minutes a day but now that seems to be making the soreness increase too so I guess I'll stop doing that......I'd really like to get some fitness back but it seems whatever I try is just going to extend my outage.....
Still looking for something that can get me some general fitness - not sure what to try next.
Now the question at hand - when to plan for Attempt #6 ... 18 weeks last time wasn't enough but I don't think I'm as bad off as I was at the end of March - do I count from my last run, my biking or my pool running - I guess since I'm as sore now as I was at my last run I should count from now so 9/17 + 18 weeks = makes January 14th - yikes that a long time away ... this is really really getting old :<.
Guess I'll go do another round with the doctors to see if they can give me other options..
Last "Real" run.....11/16/2008 - San Antonio Marathon
Rest Breaks and attempts to come back:
1st - 12/28 - 2 weeks off
2nd - 2/2 - 4 weeks off (some swimming) - attempt up to 3 miles then uncomfortable so stopped
3rd - 3/18 - 5.5 weeks since 2nd (lots of biking some swimming) - attempt up to 5 miles - re-sfx'd worse than ever before - clock starts over.
4th - 7/11 - 15 weeks since 3rd (no biking or swimming) - very short (.6 mile) test runs - slight soreness next day.
5th - 8/1 - 18 weeks since 3rd (some swimming) - still counting from 3rd as 4th I don't think really re-aggravated......slowly progressed thru the month totalling ~60 miles for the month maxing out at 7 miles with a walk break in the middle. A little sourness but seemed to be getting better but then seemed to be getting worse so stopped again 9/2...
..pain initially wasn't quite in the right place - lower in the glut - maybe at SI or piriphormis......but after some days the soreness started again back higher where the SFX was. I tried a weekend of biking (30,55 milers) then it seemed sore again for a few days. I recently switched to pool running ~20-30 minutes a day but now that seems to be making the soreness increase too so I guess I'll stop doing that......I'd really like to get some fitness back but it seems whatever I try is just going to extend my outage.....
Still looking for something that can get me some general fitness - not sure what to try next.
Now the question at hand - when to plan for Attempt #6 ... 18 weeks last time wasn't enough but I don't think I'm as bad off as I was at the end of March - do I count from my last run, my biking or my pool running - I guess since I'm as sore now as I was at my last run I should count from now so 9/17 + 18 weeks = makes January 14th - yikes that a long time away ... this is really really getting old :<.
Guess I'll go do another round with the doctors to see if they can give me other options..
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Update - Return to Running - Attempt # 5.
Started running as I started vacation last week. Vacation was a weekend in NYC followed by a week in mid-upper New York (Corinth to be exact) followed by a week on the beach in Cape May New Jersey.
8/1 - 1 mile
8/4 - 1 mile
8/6 - 1.5 miles
8/8 - 2 miles
8/9 - 2 miles
8/10 - 3 miles (barefoot)
8/11 - 5 miles
8/13 - 4.5 miles (barefoot) ---a little soreness at the end
8/17 - 2.0 miles (barefoot)
8/18 - 3.0 miles (barefoot)
8/20 - 3.0 miles (barefoot) - sore feet from the vibrums on gravel
8/22 - 1.5 miles
8/23 - 3.8 miles
8/24 - 3.0
8/25 - 3.0
8/26 - 3.0
8/27 - 3.2
8/28 - 7.0 miles with a walk break in the middle - no soreness at all
8/29 - 3.0 miles (barefoot)
8/30 - 4.0 miles
*9/1 - 4.4 miles - felt a little sore, 3 mile walk in the PM - felt more sore.
9/2 - 0.4 miles barefoot on grass - soreness not deminishing - bail..
* This one seemed to be the turning point to bad - prior to this the slight soreness I sometimes felt seemed to be deminishing day by day .... maybe because after a day off I was a little tighter? don't know but the double (counting the walk) I think was too much. Soreness wasn't quite in the right place so I wasn't convinced SFX was involved but just thought I needed to get rid of the soreness feeling.
Started doing some strengthening exersizes most days with the thinking to try to strengthen the Glut's to take pressure off the piriformis while running.
9/6 - 35 miles bike ride
9/7 - 55 miles bike ride
noticed a little soreness next couple days around the sfx site so stopped biking.
9/11-9/15 - pool running building up from 10 minutes to about 25 minutes in the last one.
9/16 - a little soreness at sfx site
9/17 - soreness is stronger - even limping a little - at the sfx site as well as lower :-(....
..attempt #5 is over
8/1 - 1 mile
8/4 - 1 mile
8/6 - 1.5 miles
8/8 - 2 miles
8/9 - 2 miles
8/10 - 3 miles (barefoot)
8/11 - 5 miles
8/13 - 4.5 miles (barefoot) ---a little soreness at the end
8/17 - 2.0 miles (barefoot)
8/18 - 3.0 miles (barefoot)
8/20 - 3.0 miles (barefoot) - sore feet from the vibrums on gravel
8/22 - 1.5 miles
8/23 - 3.8 miles
8/24 - 3.0
8/25 - 3.0
8/26 - 3.0
8/27 - 3.2
8/28 - 7.0 miles with a walk break in the middle - no soreness at all
8/29 - 3.0 miles (barefoot)
8/30 - 4.0 miles
*9/1 - 4.4 miles - felt a little sore, 3 mile walk in the PM - felt more sore.
9/2 - 0.4 miles barefoot on grass - soreness not deminishing - bail..
* This one seemed to be the turning point to bad - prior to this the slight soreness I sometimes felt seemed to be deminishing day by day .... maybe because after a day off I was a little tighter? don't know but the double (counting the walk) I think was too much. Soreness wasn't quite in the right place so I wasn't convinced SFX was involved but just thought I needed to get rid of the soreness feeling.
Started doing some strengthening exersizes most days with the thinking to try to strengthen the Glut's to take pressure off the piriformis while running.
9/6 - 35 miles bike ride
9/7 - 55 miles bike ride
noticed a little soreness next couple days around the sfx site so stopped biking.
9/11-9/15 - pool running building up from 10 minutes to about 25 minutes in the last one.
9/16 - a little soreness at sfx site
9/17 - soreness is stronger - even limping a little - at the sfx site as well as lower :-(....
..attempt #5 is over
Monday, July 27, 2009
Return to Running.......Attempt #5....on hold
Was planning to take two weeks off and try again - which would have been this last weekend....figured why not make it 3 instead so I'll try next week. I'm kinda reluctant to try as its failed so many times now what I thought I was done with this but I guess I've gotta get out there sometime.
This thing as been very de-masculating.....I used to pride myself at pushing to the limits thru the little and sometimes not so little pains of running and went 3 years solid without more than maybe a week off due to injury. Now going on 9 months off for something that has barely even been very painful (the word "pain" is a gross exageration) for much of any of it (except for a week in April). Now the very slightest hint of maybe kinda sorta something and I'm heading for the couch.....I so much preferred the prior near indestructable self image...
This thing as been very de-masculating.....I used to pride myself at pushing to the limits thru the little and sometimes not so little pains of running and went 3 years solid without more than maybe a week off due to injury. Now going on 9 months off for something that has barely even been very painful (the word "pain" is a gross exageration) for much of any of it (except for a week in April). Now the very slightest hint of maybe kinda sorta something and I'm heading for the couch.....I so much preferred the prior near indestructable self image...
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Nope - not yet
Very slight bit of soreness at the sfx site as I awoke this morning - I wasn't even positive I might be imagining it but after about 10 steps into starting a run and still feeling - well - I'm going to follow a 2 week off protocol and try again.
kinda feels like I got to eat two chips out of the bag and now I have to stop ... better that than start another 3 months off like last time ...... I just want to run - this is taking FOREVER :( ....
kinda feels like I got to eat two chips out of the bag and now I have to stop ... better that than start another 3 months off like last time ...... I just want to run - this is taking FOREVER :( ....
Saturday, July 11, 2009
New Beginnings
Day 2 of running. Yesterday and today I ran around the block (0.7 miles). A glorious run - longest (actually only runs) I've had in over 3 months. No pains whatsoever.....
7/2 MRI results (received yesterday):
"This examination was compared with the patient's previous study performed on 4/13/09. Mild marrow edema is seen in the right side of the sacral ala. This is significantly less pronounced when compared to the patient's previous MRI."
Dr's response - was - ok to try to run a little - let pain be guide - or alternatively to be absolutely sure all healed wait another 4-6 weeks. Decided to give plan "A" a try.
7/2 MRI results (received yesterday):
"This examination was compared with the patient's previous study performed on 4/13/09. Mild marrow edema is seen in the right side of the sacral ala. This is significantly less pronounced when compared to the patient's previous MRI."
Dr's response - was - ok to try to run a little - let pain be guide - or alternatively to be absolutely sure all healed wait another 4-6 weeks. Decided to give plan "A" a try.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
One Metric Marathon Years Old - 26.2 = 42.2k = my age on 6/28/09
Highest swim day yet was today at exactly 42.2 laps which happens to equal my age today.
The last couple as I pushed off the wall at 40 I thought - that was the finish of the first Boston Marathon at 40 yrs old. Pushing off the other end was NYC marathon at about 40.5 yrs old passing two other marathons including Houston before pushing off again at the other side at 41 with another Boston Marathon - Anchorage in the middle somewhere then pushing off 41.5 at the San Antonio Marathon at 41.5 yrs old. Finish that lap then stop just short of midway for the Metric Marathon of swimming - 42.2 laps.
The last couple as I pushed off the wall at 40 I thought - that was the finish of the first Boston Marathon at 40 yrs old. Pushing off the other end was NYC marathon at about 40.5 yrs old passing two other marathons including Houston before pushing off again at the other side at 41 with another Boston Marathon - Anchorage in the middle somewhere then pushing off 41.5 at the San Antonio Marathon at 41.5 yrs old. Finish that lap then stop just short of midway for the Metric Marathon of swimming - 42.2 laps.
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