Having to stop is different

Oh. That right sacroiliac joint – the “small of the back by the butt” – really hurts! We all deal with little pains all the time as runners. Generally we run through them and see what happens with time. This pain was just that butnthe outcome has been totally different. Despite several attempts to resume […]

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Stumbling back

There is no plan. Or maybe, there might have been a plan had I made that appointment before going to Wyoming for vacation. So I have no specific guidance on how or when to ramp back up to running. Or for what specific exercises to do. No problem though, I’ve got this dialed. The first […]

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2, 4, 6…

In some ways, this has all been surprisingly easy. I had people close to me who were genuinely worried that I might go mad without running. With 6 weeks, and a good 15 lbs under my belt – literally – I can perhaps say with conviction that I have not gone mad. Well, so long […]

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Four Weeks

Four weeks of no running. Four weeks of continued pain when I sneeze, or turn over in bed. Four weeks in which I tried to swim with just my arms, but didn’t fall in love. It’s frustrating and expected I suppose. More than twelve months of running on an injury likely means it will take […]

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Of streaks and stress fractures

I guess I gave it a good run. Starting on October 22, 2014, I ran every day, at least 5 miles per day, outside without a break. Well, maybe with one break but more on that later. Over these 1,327 consecutive days, I ran 1,941.78 hours (81 days), 15,074 miles, and gained 713,000 feet of […]

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