Archive for November, 2008

Non-medically sound approach to running, part 1

As I mentioned in a recent post, a doctor put me an a non-running regime for a little while while I let my hip rest. Will sitting around, I wanted to look into the advice that’s usually given: – Never increase your mileage by more than 10% per week. I thought I’d look at my [...]

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PT, PT, Everyday. Give me more, give me more.

Well, I’ve gone to physical therapy a few times now. The first, it was painful! Oh, it hurt so good. Justin, the guy helping me at Elite Sports Medicine, has been real good. The first thing he said after spending a few minutes talking and pushing and pulling my legs in various ways was “we [...]

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An inspiring footnote

One thing I meant to mention in the Pinhoti 100 results, but started to run out of room: While waiting around aid station 18, one of the first few guys (well, someone in the top 5 or 10, I wasn’t counting) came running in wearing pajama bottoms and a heavy flannel shirt. After I stopped [...]

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Crewing for Joe – Pinhoti 100

Last weekend, Roman and myself headed out to Alabama with The Goat to support him during his effort to run the Pinoti 100 mile endurance run. Later in the evening, we were joined by Coach K and the mysterious lean and mean Clay. I was primary out there as the driver and photographer, while everyone [...]

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The party’s over, I’ll be in the corner crying

As y’all my know, I’ve been having some hip problems lately. So this morning I headed off to the local sports medicine doctor for an opinion.  A bunch of x-rays later, we had some conversations.  The good news is there doesn’t appear to be any fractures or other injuries that could be really bad. Since [...]

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3 Months done

Today marks the beginning of the 4th month of my running streak.  For those of you who didn’t quite catch it, that means I’ve run at least 1 mile everyday for the last 3 months.  Holy cow. That’s a lot of running, and for the most part, it’s been a good time.  My buddy Left [...]

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