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#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…

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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…

Tagged with: Bicycle, Cycling, plantar fasciitis, raliegh, Really Old Bike, Scholls
Posted in Cross Training, Cycling, Plantar Faciitis, running injury

Birthday Run

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Robinson — 6 Comments

I have read (on blogs and in other stories online) of runners that celebrate their birthdays by going out and running their age in miles. Well, I don’t think I am up to running 38 miles.. or even 38 kilometers. …

Tagged with: Foot, Pain, plantar fasciitis, Road running, running, Self-Motivation
Posted in bad run, Plantar Faciitis, running

Last Run of the (choir) Season.

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Robinson — 5 Comments

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…

Fixing the foot strike

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Robinson — 4 Comments

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…

Plantar Fasciitis Treatment – an excerpt from Craig Payne posted on the Podiatry Arena

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Robinson — 17 Comments

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

The Plantar Fasciitis Trials – Part 3 – The Podiatrist

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Robinson — 8 Comments

So.. Picking up where I left off on part 2 – Off to see the podiatrist. First, lets look at my thoughts/views/experiences regarding podiatrists. I had never been to one (that covers experiences.) I love research, so I had googled…

The Plantar Fasciitis Trials – Part 2 – The pain.

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Robinson — 8 Comments

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…