It's official. I saw it for myself on the MRI. There's a little crack in a little bone in my little foot! Unfortunately, that means crutches for 6 weeks. Walking with crutches is really hard. Luckily, I don't have to have surgery (at least not yet) and I can still drive my stick shift car. Other than that, I can't really do much, though. I ( Read more... )

More info on my potential injury. It's a navicular stress fracture. I have an MRI on Sunday. After reading up on the topic, it really sounds like this is my problem. I have all of the symptoms.

So, apparently, I might have a stress fracture in my foot. And, it happens to be in one of the worst bones one can get a stress fracture. It hasn't been determined for sure if that's the case. The x-ray was "inconclusive". I have to have an MRI and maybe a CAT scan, but the doctor is pretty sure that's what's up ( Read more... )

So, I did my second triathlon of the season this sunday, the Danskin Triathlon. I definitely tried harder during this triathlon then I've ever tried before. Unfortunately, my time doesn't look like it! The swim was crazy long (I really think they messed up and made it about 50% longer than it should have been). Then, I dropped my chain while ( Read more... )

I don't know what it is with bad runs, but I really don't like them. I just had one. Granted, I'm still kind of sick and all, but I don't understand how it is that one day, I can have a fabulous run where I feel great and run really far and then on other days, I feel like I'm going to die after 5 minutes. Oh well... I decided to go to the ( Read more... )

I learned a very important lesson about training yesterday. I learned that going to master's swim the morning after a triathlon is a bad idea. Except for the fact that everyone there feels sorry for you as they watch you flail about in the water with a permanent grimace on your face ( Read more... )

I did my first triathlon of the year, the SeaFair sprint distance triathlon. It was really fun and I did better than I've ever done in a triathlon! I did it with Elyse, Christy, and Kelly, which was totally awesome. We all finished within 3 minutes of each other. You can find pictures here.

I've decided to use my blog as a training journal from now on. I have recently committed to train to run the Seattle Half-Marathon this November. I've done this as a part of the Arthritis Foundation's Joints in Motion program. As many of you know, I have rheumatoid arthritis. This is a big part of why I feel committed both to reaching athletic ( Read more... )

Pictures from my trip are now on my website: http://radkatie.com

I'm back from New Zealand! I realize that this is not news to anyone, but it's true. And, it's been snowing all day today in Boulder! I love snow! The only problem with this snow is that it's not helping me remember that it's spring, not fall. Since it was fall in NZ, I got pretty used to people talking about the impending winter, and I'm ( Read more... )