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A Runner’s High and Elevation are two VERY different thing!

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Robinson — Leave a comment

So this weekend, like all of my recent weekends (and upcoming until Oct. 27th) is my long run. My habit is to do my long runs on Sunday. I had a heck of a time mapping out a route, as…

Some times plans fail.. and thats a good thing!

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Robinson — 2 Comments

Last night was a night of TWO runs! My son told me he wanted to start running with me again, so he and I headed out together! (I love running with him! Great father/son time.) He is still battling having…

Tagged with: Fannie Mae, injury, road rash, running, Running club, Volunteers of America Chesapeake, wipe out
Posted in Marine Corps Marathon, running, running injury

A couple of runs, and a boy returns!

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Robinson — Leave a comment

Another beautiful week begins!!! I can’t speak for everyone out on the interwebs, but for me – it was a great weekend. 4 Miles on Saturday, 3 miles on sunday and my son got back from Bermuda! Saturday: I went…

Running and Rolling

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Robinson — 3 Comments

So, my last couple of posts have glossed over any training – while focusing on my fundraiser/giveaway. Rest assured, I have still been working on my training! Last night, I went out for an easy 3ish miles (I accidentally gypped…

#Juneathon Day Something or Another – The Treadmill and Bowflex

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Robinson — 2 Comments

So I had this thought. Now it was partially born out of the fact that I didn’t have clean running shorts, and my manpri pajama pants were awful comfy, but it was still a thought. If impact levels make a…

#Juneathon Day 11 – A nice (short) run.

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Robinson — Leave a comment

The inclusion of the word short in the title above, in no way represents any sort of insult or negative connotation toward short people. For the record, some of my favorite people are short. I believe that a person’s height…

Tagged with: orthotics, plantar fasciitis, Two miles
Posted in Junathon, Plantar Faciitis, running, running injury

#Junathon – Day 5 and 6 -Stretching, and a return to my normal pace.

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Robinson — Leave a comment

So, I am again combining two days into one posting.. I’m such a slacker. To be fair, I did set the tone with my first posting that was 2 days late and ended up covering 3 days. Yesterday morning, I…

Tagged with: clifford the big red dog, footlog, Plantar fascia, plantar fasciitis, Road running, running, Runtastic
Posted in Plantar Faciitis, running, running injury

#Junathon Day 4 – further testing and improvement of plantar fasciitis

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Robinson — 4 Comments

So, bright and early, my alarm went off at 5:30 for this morning’s Juneathon run. Before getting out of bed, I did some ankle rolls followed by some stretching of my foot. I have to admit that I was pleasantly…

Tagged with: Foot, junathon, juneathon, plantar fasciitis, running
Posted in Junathon, Plantar Faciitis, recovery, running, running injury

Its time for #Junathon – Day 1, 2 and 3…

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Robinson — 3 Comments

Well, I’m not off to a good start on the blogging portion, now am I? Here I am, according to the “Rules” of Junathon – supposed to exercise and blog every day, yet I am already combining my blog-postings into…

Spinning the wheels on the ‘ole antique.

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Robinson — 6 Comments

The logical follow-up post to yesterday’s blog is…. I went for a ride last night! The first thing I noticed… Is my seat is very, very hard. I think my butt may be bruised today. Now fortunately, the part of…