| Location: Acton,MA,USA Member Since: May 12, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 5K (PR) - 18:02
10 mile - 1:06:01
Half-Marathon (PR) - 1:30:36
2016 Gate City Marathon (PR) - 3:09:44 Short-Term Running Goals: BQ! - Got that monkey off my back.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 85.37 | 0.00 | 85.37 |
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| Montrail MNT Masochist Miles: 15.60 | Asics GT-2150 Miles: 69.77 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 117.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 117.00 | Weight: 173.41 | Calories: 175.00 | |
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It has been a week now since I first felt pain on the outer-side of my lower shin/front ankle area.
I didn't have a definitive incident which caused the pain, it just started hurting during my run last Friday. On Saturday afternoon I tried running again, making it 3 or so miles before I had to stop with much more discomfort than the previous day.
Yesterday after work, and after 5 days of no running, I decided to test it out on the soft-cushy track. It wasn't a good sign that I could feel pain just walking the slight incline up to the track, but I decided to try it out anyway. I jogged super slow and felt discomfort immediately.... making it a whopping 100yds. Suck suck sucky suckfest!
I have been on-line doing a little detective work, and I believe it might have something to do with my Anterior Tibial Tendon Sheath? My symptoms are right on spot with the ones on the internet below:
Symptoms include:
- Pain when you bend your foot and toes up.
- Swelling and redness over the front of the ankle where the tendon is.
- If you push your fingers into the tendon you can sometimes feel a creaking when you move the foot up and down.
I have an appointment on Tuesday with my Primary Care and I'm looking to get a referral to the Sports Medicine guru in my area. I'm obviously bummed to not be running, but this particular go around with injury, I want to cross-train and keep some level of fitness going. I just went up to the "Workout Room" here @ work and tried the Elliptical.... ouch! Too much flexing of the foot. The Stationary Bike felt fine though.... I'm not a stranger to weight training either, so we'll see if I get more ripped than I already am. Ha ha!
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.18 | 0.00 | 1.18 |
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1.18 miles - Pratts Brook
Testing out the ankle on the trails. So far - so good. We'll see how it feels in the morning. If it's good.... I'm hitting the trail again. |
| Montrail MNT Masochist Miles: 1.18 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
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1.5 miles - Pratts Brook Trail
Ankle still holding up! I think I'll increase mileage slowly now. |
| Montrail MNT Masochist Miles: 1.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.20 | 0.00 | 2.20 |
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2.20 miles - Great Hill Conservation (trails)
Fun run. So many Roots & Rocks..... I turned my ankles a couple of times. I met "Louie" the dog as well. He had found a mud hole and thought it would be cool to jump all over me. I didn't mind at all, but I could tell his owner was pissed. Ha ha.... whatever! |
| Montrail MNT Masochist Miles: 2.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 | Calories: 175.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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2 miles - Roads
Two miles on the roads..... it's been over 2 weeks since I've run on pavement. Testing out the ankle and all seems well :)
After work today it was ridiculously hot..... my girls treated me to some Hula-Hoop action! |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 175.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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5 miles
I changed into my running duds and stepped out of the air conditioning into 85' degree temps and some ridiculous humidity. I brought my water bottle with me this morning knowing full well that it was going to be a SCORCHA today :) The run was nice with 1 mile of trail in the middle of the loop.... trails are always welcome. My ankle seems to be holding up too, so that's good.
I have this crazy idea of signing up for the Vermont 50 Mile race in the end of September??? Obviously I need some really long trail runs before I even think about undertaking such a race. I'm really curious about it though..... which basically means if I'm healthy, I'm going to do it.
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| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 174.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.30 | 0.00 | 3.30 |
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3.30 - Pratts Brook Trail
I'm trying to switch things up a little.... roads, trails, roads, trails. We'll see how it goes. |
| Montrail MNT Masochist Miles: 3.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 174.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 13.65 | 0.00 | 13.65 |
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10.65 miles - avg. 8:03
Up and out the door by 4:15am. The moon looked amazing this morning.... it wasn't quite full, but very big & bright. I said my thank yall's for being healthy enough to run and kept rolling along. I hit some good hills in town as well..... the steepest one I remember running repeats on in High School for track. That hill is a beast!
Peace Out Homies!
3 miles - outside @ work avg. 7:32
My loser boss is out of town, so I'll do what I want today. When he comes back, I'll tell him where he can stuff his purchase orders........ ha ha, I wish. |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 13.65 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 174.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
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5.2 miles
Super Hilly Beatdown...... I had zero energy on this run. |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 5.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 174.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.12 | 0.00 | 2.12 |
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2.12 miles
Trail shakeout |
| Montrail MNT Masochist Miles: 2.12 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 174.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
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11.5 miles - 8:17 avg.
Out the door at 3:30am. I'm trying to get some more time and distance on my feet. I got swooped on by a bat eating bugs under a streetlight..... kinda cool. I saw a baby deer in the middle of the road, a bunny and ducks. All in all a nice run. |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 11.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 174.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.80 | 0.00 | 6.80 |
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6.8 miles - 7:44 avg.
Out on the roads @ 4:15am. The temperature was a perfect 60' degrees this morning..... the air was crisp and fresh. I can definitely feel the difference lower temps make in my running..... even a 10' degree swing. I took my shirt off for the last mile and it felt amazing. I'll probably run shirtless from now on.... I just don't want to intimidate anyone with my ripped physique! Ha ha!
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| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 6.80 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.30 | 0.00 | 2.30 |
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2.30 miles - Pratts Brook Trail
100' degrees out...... way to hot. Bagged this run early. |
| Montrail MNT Masochist Miles: 2.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.30 | 0.00 | 7.30 |
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4 miles - 8:00 avg.
Outside at 4:15am to beat the heat. The only thing that received a beating was me, as it was already 75' degrees with a high dewpoint. I brought my water bottle to stay hydrated, but I was struggling from the start. I couldn't ease into relaxed breathing at all.... bummer.
This afternoon it's supposed to reach 100' degrees again. These high temps are brutal wherever you live, but throw in the extreme humidity and it's a whole other animal.
3.30 - work treadmill
Just as sweaty inside the building. |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 7.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 173.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 172.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 171.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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3 miles - Battle Road Trail - Concord, MA
I snuck out of work for this one.... hee hee hee. I drove down the highway a couple of miles in my work attire ( shirt & tie ), and pulled a Superman in the parking area at the beginning of the trail. I was off..... faster than a speeding bullet, or at about an 8 minute pace. I ran 1.5 miles out and turned around back to the car. Superman'd back into the work clothes and drove to work.... stealthily. I rule!
3 miles - Fellsway trails
I ran this with my best buddy. He did awesome considering he hasn't run in probably 10 yrs or so. |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 3.00 | Montrail MNT Masochist Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 171.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.32 | 0.00 | 7.32 |
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7.32 miles
Beautiful morning out. An owl hooted super loud from the tree line as I was leaving my neighborhood..... it scared the bejeezus out of me! |
| Asics GT-2150 Miles: 7.32 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 171.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 85.37 | 0.00 | 85.37 |
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| Montrail MNT Masochist Miles: 15.60 | Asics GT-2150 Miles: 69.77 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 117.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 117.00 | Weight: 173.41 | Calories: 175.00 | |
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