Cool Running for the Week of August 18th

[BigRunner]

Good to get back out on the roads after a couple of days off.

9 miles.

This is a big week. 4 tomorrow. A 10 mile road race on Saturday, followed by a 19 mile long run on Sunday.

Indianapolis Marathon is less than 9 weeks away.


RichF

[ttdriver]

Wow, Rich, you have some great running ahead of you ! I know you'll do great at Indy .. what's your projected finish time?

Please run a few miles for me, will you ?

Betty

[BigRunner]

4 miles in.

Projected time for Indy is 4:30-4:45 or so. If it's cooler, probably closer to 4:30.

A couple of those miles today were for you..

RichF

[ttdriver]

Thanks, man ... only *you* can understand how much agony I am in sitting here unable to walk, let alone run.

Its been two weeks and I still have alot of pain. Yesterday I went to the doctor and he wants to see me actually BENDING the joint .. while I demonstrated the little bit I *can* do, he wasn't impressed at all. So today I get a call from Dynasplint (www.dynasplint.com) and at my next appt I will be fitted with a splint that will FORCEFULLY bend my joint .. I understand the rationale the doctor has ... his #1 goal is to have me running a QUALITY marathon next March and to get to that point, the joint MUST re-learn how to bend after 2 years of being unable to do it. True, my running speed has deteriorated as I've gone from a 9 minute mile to 11 minute plus ... which sucks, but ... I told him NOBODY wants to run pain-free as much as I do, to which he replied, THEN YA GOTTA GET THAT JOINT TO BEND....PERIOD.

So ... more pain and torture to come ... I guess its true what they say: things have to get worse before they can get better....

I've been crying all afternoon. It seems to dadgummed unfair to love anything as much as I do running and have this issue ... while others who hate running or refuse to run ... have no physical impairment like this.

My goal is pain-free running. But why does it have to be so painful to get to that point? As if the surgery wasn't bad enough .. it hurt like h*** and it still does. And I'm not the least bit encouraged.

10 more weeks non-running.



Betty

[OzLover]

Bone pain is the worst. Speaking from experience~~tibial osteotomy~~the pain will eventually ease up. Healing takes time & unfortunately patience. Retraining the joint sounds brutal but must be done. Good luck & may the wind soon be whipping through your hair!!

[BigRunner]

Ran the Crim 10 mile run in Flint,Michigan this morning. HOT and HUMID.
Finished with chip time around 1:42, 10:10 pace or so.

I have never sweat that much in my life. Feel out of sorts this afternoon.
No time to waste though. 20 miler first thing in the morning.


RichF

[ttdriver]

Great job, Rich. Do you have some form of electrolyte replacement ? I swear by Electromix that you can add a packet to a bottle of water. Its SALTY, which is what you need when you sweat profusely .. and trust me, around here, sweating happens walking to the mailbox ...

I ordered mine from amazon and it was very inexpensive ... you may want to check it out at Amazon.com: Emergen-C ElectroMIX Packets, 36-Count Box (Pack of 3): Grocery

It tastes okay, but most importantly, it works.

Betty

[misplaced southerner]

hey betty! i am not a "runner" now but i did enjoy it in my younger days!! someday i will get back to it. i only did about 5 miles at a time back then so nothing serious, still i did enjoy it. one of the surgeries i did have on my feet was having steel joints put in at the base of each big toe. it hurt like he**.....every second of every day. just being upright was painful. all i can say is "this too shall pass." it made me insane NOT to be able to be active. sounds like your doc is a good guy and he is interested in getting you on the running path asap...so hang in there. hopefully in the end it will all be worth it!

[ttdriver]

Thanks so much, sweetie !

You are so right; it does hurt like ****, all the time, and throbs intensively whenever its not elevated. I have to say there are a million times a day when I think "will it EVER get better?" Well, ir hopefully will, but definitely NOT SOON ENOUGH.

I'm not a patient person, nor do I play one on TV. It just seems so blasted unfair to finally find your ZEN, only to have your body let you down ...

2 weeks, 3 days down...9 weeks, 4 days to go ...

Betty

[misplaced southerner]

i hear ya betty....patience is not my forte either! i figured i would become more so with age....NOT!

9 weeks...4 days to go...who's counting, right? i bet you have that day circled in big red marker on the calendar!