Where was Kurt?
day lilies sway
under whispering oaks;
splashes of summer
[Had to start with haiku -- composed on my run on Tuesday]
So where has Kurt been? Well, on vacation for one thing. Nova Scotia in particular -- mostly Cape Breton Island. That place is freaking amazing. I'll be going back. Next time with a bike. That place is made for bicycling. I'll post some pictures soon.
But that only explains about a week or so of my absence. What gives?
Injury recovery.
I've had a chronic hamstring (low-grade) injury since BEFORE my last marathon. I developed some sort of plantar fasciitis after the marathon. And to top it off, I started having some pain in the backs of my knees.
I backed off. I did more cross-training. I took two weeks off (that did not really help). So here's where I am now...
The hamstring injury is gone. (Yeah!)
The knee pain is pretty much gone. (Yeah, again!)
The plantar fasciitis is still lingering a bit. (Boo!) But I think I have it under control.
After the two weeks off, I went out for an easy run. Within a block my heel was hurting like hell. After a bit, it sort of stretched out and I finished the run OK. This week, on Tuesday I did 7 miles at an easy pace. I stretched my foot every way I could think of before I started. Virtually NO PAIN! Just to be complete, I iced it at my desk for a while after the run. Yesterday, walked several miles (down to the Charles River -- Harvard Bridge -- Boston's amazing 4th of July celebration) -- no pain in the heel. Today will probably be about 6 miles. We'll see how it goes.
And it needs to start going, cause it's time to start building back up for my run at a BQ in December.
C-Ya
under whispering oaks;
splashes of summer
[Had to start with haiku -- composed on my run on Tuesday]
So where has Kurt been? Well, on vacation for one thing. Nova Scotia in particular -- mostly Cape Breton Island. That place is freaking amazing. I'll be going back. Next time with a bike. That place is made for bicycling. I'll post some pictures soon.
But that only explains about a week or so of my absence. What gives?
Injury recovery.
I've had a chronic hamstring (low-grade) injury since BEFORE my last marathon. I developed some sort of plantar fasciitis after the marathon. And to top it off, I started having some pain in the backs of my knees.
I backed off. I did more cross-training. I took two weeks off (that did not really help). So here's where I am now...
The hamstring injury is gone. (Yeah!)
The knee pain is pretty much gone. (Yeah, again!)
The plantar fasciitis is still lingering a bit. (Boo!) But I think I have it under control.
After the two weeks off, I went out for an easy run. Within a block my heel was hurting like hell. After a bit, it sort of stretched out and I finished the run OK. This week, on Tuesday I did 7 miles at an easy pace. I stretched my foot every way I could think of before I started. Virtually NO PAIN! Just to be complete, I iced it at my desk for a while after the run. Yesterday, walked several miles (down to the Charles River -- Harvard Bridge -- Boston's amazing 4th of July celebration) -- no pain in the heel. Today will probably be about 6 miles. We'll see how it goes.
And it needs to start going, cause it's time to start building back up for my run at a BQ in December.
C-Ya
posted by Kurt in Boston at 8:26 AM
3 Comments:
welcome back kurt! yeah vacation! booo inuries :(
you sound like me. i'm always discreetly icing at work/school. i keep an icepack in the freezer there :)
happy 4th!
glad you're back! Hope that foot stops nagging you soon!
That's alot of injuries to be managing all at once! Glad to hear that things seem to be mending up.
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