injury & recovery – Enjoying the Journey

Back on Course for a Run

The morning sky blazed with orange, pink, red, and yellow. A November sunrise on a clear, crisp morning is a spectacularly gorgeous thing, and we …

When it comes to aches and pains, runners do a fair amount of self-diagnosis. Crucial to that is what I like to call the “water …

Recovering from a running injury has got to be something like drug rehab. At first, you just feel so bad that you don’t want to …

One of the things that came along with my running timeline on Wednesday was the importance of getting my swelling under control. I’d never really …

Approximately four weeks (July 22) — running on the Newton (treadmill, at less than full body weight) Eight weeks or so (August 22) — adding some …

Well, like so much these days, there was good news and bad news. The good news is that I’m definitely making “appropriate” progress. I can …

I’ve found that my day always improves when I go to PT. Today was my only regular day this week; I’m down to twice a …

In the spirit of my new training regime, I am celebrating every gain. We measured today, and I have 10 percent more flexibility in my …

Yesterday, I started a blog entry. It was a recap of some positives and then I’d started on a big discussion of what was frustrating …

It’s crazy these days; I’m running non-stop from one things to another, seemingly always behind. Lots of what I have to do simply takes time. …