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Thu Mar 04 11:25:14 EST 2010
Just call me Curt

So far, this week is going strong despite minor issues.  Tuesday morning intervals were tough as usual and I had to stop early due to some stomach upset (throwing up on the indoor track would not be good).  But I still got up and oh-god-early on Wednesday to do the group run and toughed out the full mileage.  As we milled around before starting, someone mentioned they were glad the snow wasn't supposed to start until later.   Then naturally about four minutes in, little flakes started coming down, and by the halfway point, we were reasonably soaked (and getting pelted in the face the whole way).  Luckily it was at our backs for the return.  A few blocks from the finish, I noticed that something seemed to be scratching my foot a bit, so I glanced down to see a not-too-pretty sight -- I'm glad I hadn't looked sooner!  I think I need to replace those socks because the elasticity has shrunk to the point that the edge has a tendency to land in the wrong place and chafe badly.  (Picture not posted here since there is no way to put it behind an clear cut-link.)

What's a little amazing is that it didn't seem too bad while I was running, but once I was done, had a banana, etc, starting to walk again was super painful. It was good to get the shoe and sock off.

Got bandaids on the way home.

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Tue Mar 02 16:29:21 EST 2010
Climbing...

Last week was my first time back at intervals some weeks.  Yep, just as hard as I remembered.  I did intervals again on Thursday just to be sure.  Whew.

I was out in western Mass last weekend where DD and I did an excessively inclined Sunday morning run.  It was at least twice as steep as the steeping climb of the Marathon route.   If I'd been biking down that big hill we climbed, I'd have been riding the brakes in fear the whole way.  But we made it!  And it made for an extra-special leg workout, too, and also made up for the low-ish mileage due to recuperation.  The good news is that no horrible pains have returned and I have continued to ramp up my miles with cautious optimism.  This this past Sunday (along with DD and Mark), I completed the nine mile around-the-lakes route with no significant pain or issues.  Yay!

Of course I'm not yet up to the distances I was doing when the problems started, so it remains to be seen if I can pass that milestone as well.  This Sunday will be our next course run and I expect I'll aim for at least 12 so we'll see how that goes.  Think strong and healthy thoughts in my direction!

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Thu Feb 18 12:39:32 EST 2010
Recovery

Long story short, I saw the trainer who determined that the issue wasn't dangerous, the sharp pains nonwithstanding.  She told me to keep going as I could, which unfortunately was not a lot for the next week, because it always hurt.  I ramped up slowly and am now running again, though not as far as I'd like to be.  One step at a time.

I even managed to get a few miles in Wednsday night during the snowstorm, which was nothing if not silly.  I passed one other runner en route, though, and we gave each other big cheers, which was awesome and totally made it worth it.

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