17 days to the Chicago Marathon! Decided to rest this morning. First, my right pinkie toe is still a big fat mess. I snipped out almost the entire old nail, drained the blister again, and am hoping for the best. Yesterday, it was very painful to walk in shoes, and today it is thankfully much [...]
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18 Days to the Chicago Marathon
September 22, 2010 – Posted in: Chicago Marathon injury running18 days to the Chicago Marathon! Wheee - this daily blogging thing is fun... So since Sunday, my right pinkie toe has been bothering me. Generally speaking, my toes are a mess and hideous, but that one in particular is bad, and was uncomfortable since the run Sunday. Last night I decided to try to [...]
24 Days to the Chicago Marathon
September 16, 2010 – Posted in: bike Chicago Marathon injury Time time time Uncategorized24 days to the Chicago Marathon! My goal was to ride my bike this morning, and run tomorrow morning, but I didn't get the ride done. My plan was to be out the door by 5:30, go to Central Park for 2 loops, and be back by 7am, when it would be time to get Katie [...]
Source of the Pain and some 2010 plans
December 8, 2009 – Posted in: injury Reflections Rhode Races runningI had the most amazing epiphany on Saturday night, when I took some time to ice my (what I've been calling) sore thigh/groin/hip. I was hurting pretty good after the NYC Marathon and fall softball season and have been working on recovery. I'm feeling much better now and starting to run a lot again, but [...]
Taper time for New York City Marathon
October 21, 2009 – Posted in: injury New York City Marathon runningReally wish I had more time for posting here. So much to tell, and no time to sit and write it down. In a nutshell, things are OK. Not perfect, but still very much OK. I've had a mixed go of it in my long runs. The good news is that my best long runs have [...]
No run today
September 21, 2009 – Posted in: injuryHad been planning a recovery run this morning. Did 17.5 miles on Saturday night, which went really well by the way, and although not quite fully recovered, would be feeling good enough to get a run in this morning. However, not meant to be. When working in my yard in my NJ house on Saturday, [...]
New York Triathlon in the books!
July 27, 2009 – Posted in: injury New York City TriathlonRaced in the New York City Triathlon yestderday. Had a blast. It was a rough race and totally beat me down, but I felt such a great sense of accomplishment afterwards. Then, the roof caved in, I pulled a muscle in my lower back changing my clothes in the port-o-san, and will be in bed [...]
Hill Repeats in Central Park
July 7, 2009 – Posted in: bike injury New York City Triathlon running swim triathlonThe twist... on my bike, not on my feet! First time I've done hill repeats on my bike. I only have 19 days till the New York City Triathlon, and think I need a little more hill work on my bike. So, last night, biked out to Central Park, did 3 hard repeats of Harlem [...]
Perfect end to a perfect weekend
July 1, 2009 – Posted in: bike East River Park injury runningHad an awesome weekend. Was off on Monday so spent almost 3 days down at my weekend house in New Jersey. Topped it off with a long 8.7 mile run Monday night - more on that below. Friday, kicked things off with an early morning run to East River Park. It is notable that it was [...]
Back in the morning run routine
June 18, 2009 – Posted in: East River Park injury running weatherGot out for a morning run. Hopefully today is the start of a good new habit of morning workouts. Yesterday was the last day I needed to get my 7 year old out of bed at 6:30 and out of the house at 7:05. That schedule was just not conducive to morning workouts. My kids [...]
