injury

Was listening to the Steve Somers interview of Dave Lennon of Newsday from last night where they were talking about the Mets injuries, and Jose Reyes in particular, and discussing discomfort vs pain.  Discomfort is something you can continue to work through, where pain is when you need to shut it down.  It really hit [...]

Last night, I decided I would go to the gym and swim, rather than run, to rest my legs for the Brooklyn Half Marathon.  Good plan.  However, I did something kind of silly.   Over the last few weeks, a nagging injury to my upper thigh/groin area, has gotten steadily worse.  Lately, I've been icing [...]

Ugh.  Getting a sore throat today.  We'll see if it is just an annoying cold that runs its course quickly, or if it turns into a big deal.  All that Swine Flu news is certainly not making me feel any better!  Was planning to go to the pool to swim today.  Guess I'll skip it... [...]

Was going to write this last night, but I happened to be watching the Mets game, which turned my stomach and put me in a really bad mood.  I'm getting over it now... Did my typical lower manhattan 6.5 mile loop run last night.  I thought the weather was great.  Cool at 53 degrees, somewhat [...]

Got home from my vacation on Thursday night with the intention of getting in a good bike, run and swim over the nice weekend.  Don't you hate how things don't work out as planned?  I guess with a swim and bike, I was close, but was not able to get a run in, and now [...]

With races routinely selling out in Central Park now, I've resorted to creating my own race!  Well, not really.  I only had time for a short 4 mile run yesterday, so figured, why not make it a speed workout, and treat it as a 'race'. The course was my usual 2 mile out and 2 mile back [...]

Trying to figure out why my arms are so sore today.  If my arms are sore, then I won't want to go to the gym and swim tonight, which was in my plan.  What gives?  I only went for a 5 mile run last night.  Oh right, I spent almost 2 hours yesterday morning cutting, [...]

I've been pretty quiet on my blog since the marathon in Austin last month.  Just haven't been able to get myself properly motivated.  I think this is partly because I'm starting to step up swimming and biking, and I'm just not so strong in those disciplines yet! I've also had this nagging groin pull for several months.  [...]

Feeling a lot better today.  The knot in my back that suddenly popped up on Saturday is gone.  That one was strange.  It was not lower back or neck/shoulders, areas where I've had trouble in the past and are a major source of concern.  It was on the left side of the back below the [...]