It’s been about five official weeks in recovery mode. My last run was April 31 and my next run can’t come soon enough! I had a check-in with the doc last week and he said everything is progressing well. He wanted me to wait SIX MORE WEEKS before we talk about getting me back to [...]
More than Halfway There… I hope!
June 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
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So Much for That
April 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments
So, the San Francisco Marathon won’t be happening for me this year. I got the news last Monday that my hip pain is, indeed, a stress “fracture” (more specifically, a stress reaction on its way to a fracture.) And likely my left tibial pain is one, too, but they didn’t MRI it because it will [...]
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Biggest Loser Gets Busted Smurf-Style?
April 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Just saw Tuesday’s episode of Biggest Loser last night and one of the contestants was diagnosed with the same thing that I am going in for MRI tomorrow to rule out– a femoral neck stress fracture. Not at all coincidentally, earlier in the episode, they showed a recap of this person bounding across the finish [...]
What’s that About “The Best Laid Plans…?”
July 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Yeah, yeah, so… I broke my foot. Technically, I have a “stress fracture of the second metatarsal.” Which I’m thrilled to report is also called the “Beckham Bone” after one David Beckham who broke his in a slide tackle trying to win the World Cup. I just broke mine being a dumbfuck. Here’s the thing… [...]
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Does Anyone Know about Stress Fractures?
July 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
So, my left foot has been hurting pretty badly since I went for a massage a few weeks ago and the guy kinda squeezed it funny. (Really? “Squoze” isn’t a real word? Are you kidding me?) It’s been bugging me since then, but I’ve been running on it OK- no pain during, but pain after. [...]