Day 333: Back To Buck Creek

I returned to the Buck Creek Trail ahead of schedule today.  I was planning on waiting a few more days for my previous injury to heal, but I was pressured into it by a friend.  It didn’t take much pressure, mind you; it’s just that I didn’t think about riding until he texted me about [...]

Day 319: The Gully Got Me

First off, my foot is feeling pretty much “healed.”  After a couple days, I remembered that my previous “tendon pain” from running was happening on the inside edge of my foot and not the outside edge where the pain from bicycling was happening.  After talking to our trainer again and letting him know that it [...]

Day 313: Hello, Sports Medicine

There are certain advantages to working at a university, and one of them is that you have free access to athletic trainers.  So, after all of the foot pain I experienced yesterday, I decided to have a professional look at it.  The verdict from our head trainer is that I either have insertional tendinitis on [...]

Day 312: Cross-Training

A friend of mine bought a new road bike and wanted to go ride with someone, so I volunteered.  I rode his 15+ year old Cannondale using his old clip-in shoes.  We ending up going about 30.2 miles in 2.5 hours, and it was a lot of fun.  We left out at 1:45 in the [...]

Day 156: Is It Time For Rab’s?

I’ve been trying to run right after work lately, but I had to work a little late today.  I ended up not getting a chance to run until 10 o’clock.  I put in a relatively easy run (10:37 pace) but my feet were still bothering me and my lower legs were achy.  The more I [...]

Day 146: Short Memory, Short Run

I set out to do an easy, 3-mile run today, but I got off track after the first mile.  It all started when I took a walk break on mile #2.  The argument that raged in my head was that I need to pick up the pace for a little bit to make up the [...]

Day 127: It’s Cold Again

Well, not that cold. It was 57° tonight — down from 72° on Monday. And can I just say: I don’t like it. I like it when it’s over about 68° — that’s the threshold. When it’s below 68°, I have to talk myself into going outside to run. I’m [...]

Day 87: Another Short Catch-up Run

My wife was out of town for 5 days (in sunny San Diego), so I didn’t get to run until today.  It’s been 9 days since my last run — yikes!  It’s also Saturday, which I normally don’t run on.  But I went out this morning with the 25mph winds and put in a short [...]

Day 78: Running To Eat

It’s Thanksgiving Day. Our family did something different this year and went to stay in a condo on Lake Travis near Austin, TX. We went down with my wife’s parents, and her brother and his wife came up from Houston to stay with us. It was a lot of fun hanging out [...]

Day 64: On Injured Reserve

If you read my previous post, you’ll know that I did some sprinting intervals for my last run and that I mentioned some foot cramping on the last mile.  Turns out that I must of strained a muscle or tendon in the arch of my foot because I can hardly walk on at times.  If [...]