So, last night I pulled out my bicycle. I knew that running was a bad idea – the feeling of a nail being driven into my heel made it a bit of a no-brainer.. But I wasn’t going to let…
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Walking takes a long time…
Tagged with: Bicycle, Cycling, le tour 12.2, running, schwinn, Tire, Walking
Posted in Cycling, Plantar Faciitis, running, running injury, running shoes
Posted in Cycling, Plantar Faciitis, running, running injury, running shoes
Last Run of the (choir) Season.
Last night was the end of choir season. At the end of the season, the Maryland State Boy choir hosts a festival that draws kids from all over! Members of the Newark Boy Choir, the Ann Arbor Boy choir and…
Tagged with: Ann Arbor Boys Choir, footlog, Herring Run Park, Lake Montebello, Maryland State Boychoir, Newark Boys Choir, Plantar fascia, plantar fasciitis, running
Posted in Plantar Faciitis, running, running injury
Posted in Plantar Faciitis, running, running injury
Still Running…
I apologize, I have been a bit quiet lately! I figured I better take a moment to play catchup! I did take a week or so off, as my knees and IT band were bothering me. I suspect the jumping…
Fixing the foot strike
So, One of the things I began to work on when I switched to minimalist shoes, was my foot strike. My goal was to move from being a heel striker, to a fore-foot striker as many of the websites I…
Tagged with: Craig Payne, Fore Foot strike, plantar fasciitis, Running Shoes, Vibram Five Fingers, vibram fivefingers
Posted in Plantar Faciitis, running, running injury, vibram five fingers
Posted in Plantar Faciitis, running, running injury, vibram five fingers
#Janathon – Cake and Running Re-start.
I suspect that at this point, after being sick and then waiting for my injuries to heal, that 10 days off disqualifies me from claiming to be a Janathon participant. At this point, I am looking forward to Junathon to actually…
Possibly waving goodbye to this years MCM.
I can track my annual running, on the injuries I received (pathetic I know.) Last year was my Plantar Fasciitis. The year before? Pulled Calf muscles. The year before? Hernia surgery (open, not laproscopic.) So why do I bring this…
Tagged with: Cough, Hernia, hernia recurrence, Inguinal hernia, Pain, Surgery
Posted in running injury, sick
Posted in running injury, sick
Plantar Fasciitis Treatment – an excerpt from Craig Payne posted on the Podiatry Arena
This is an excerpt from a posting by Craig Payne – Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University in Australia from the Podiatry-Arena forum. It is reposted with his permission. Special thanks to Peter Bird for bringing this forum posting to…
Tagged with: Craig Payne, La Trobe University, orthotics, Plantar fascia, plantar fasciitis, Podiatry
Posted in Plantar Faciitis, recovery, running, running injury
Posted in Plantar Faciitis, recovery, running, running injury
The Plantar Fasciitis Trials – Part 4 – the excuses.
So, at the end of Part 3, I had a plan on how to deal with the Plantar Fasciitis which was: Cortisone Shot. (Bad Move.) Stretch my Calf and Foot (using standard calf stretch with wall, and stair stretch) Footlog…
The Plantar Fasciitis Trials – Part 2 – The pain.
To pick up where my story left off (while providing enough “Catch up” info for anyone that didn’t read part 1), I had stepped on a rather sharp rock in my worn-down (not that there is a whole lot to…
Tagged with: Foot, footlog, Pain, Plantar fascia, plantar fasciitis, The Stick
Posted in Plantar Faciitis, recovery, running, running injury
Posted in Plantar Faciitis, recovery, running, running injury
2013 Was an amazing year, for me, So I am really looking forward to 2014!
Once and Future Runner 