Recovering from a running injury has got to be something like drug rehab.

At first, you just feel so bad that you don't want to do anything.  The more normal you begin to feel, the harder it is to stay away from your drug.  It's a fight to keep from making justifications to do what you want to do ("Oh, my PT is just being overly cautious; a little ( Read more... )

 I'm a sucker for rewards.  Positive feedback and motivation is what works for me.  Perhaps it all goes back to Mrs. Zimsick, my piano teacher, who rewarded successful lessons with (be still my heart!!) horse and pony stickers.  There was the occasional bird sticker but the horses were best.  I still have my lessons notebook and I vividly remember ( Read more... )

 One of the things that came along with my running timeline on Wednesday was the importance of getting my swelling under control ( Read more... )

approximately 4 weeks (July 22)  -- running on the Newton (treadmill without full weight)

8 weeks or so (August 22) -- adding some running with full body weight into my workouts

February 2012 -- able to run 10k to half marathon distance

June 2012 -- soonest I might be back to being able to run a 50 miler

??? -- 100 miler

I like to think I'm realistic ( Read more... )

 Confession:  I completely check out runners.  Male, female--I'm looking to see who it is, what they're doing, you name it.  I look at every runner I ever see in our neighborhood.  And if they're regular runners, they wind up with a nickname ( Read more... )

 This is my training journal, so I try to keep my entries less diary-like and really focused on those things that are running/workout related.  Since I've been injured, it's been about the recovery process, which I consider part of training.  And I've come to a very real realization over the last year:  my friends are a huge part of my recovery.   ( Read more... )

 Well, like so much these days, there was good news and bad news ( Read more... )

 I've found that my day always improves when I go to PT ( Read more... )

 In the spirit of my new training regime, I am celebrating every gain.  And today, we measured and I have 10% more flexibility in my ankle than the last time we measured.  Woohooo ( Read more... )

 Yesterday, I started a blog entry.  It was a recap of some positives and then I'd started in on a big discussion of what was frustrating me about progress, emotional stuff, ruminating on what was wrong.

Fuck that.

Today, I start training.

I will get to race weight.  Because numbers motivate me, my weight is on a sticky note at eye-level on the frig ( Read more... )