Minutes

May 18, 2012

Yesterday afternoon I headed to campus to get my three laps on the track. I haven’t been taking my Garmin on these “runs” because it just seems like overkill, and I really don’t want to know at this point how fast (or really how slow) I’m trundling along. The track is a good place to [...]

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On the Up-and-Up

May 17, 2012

Please forgive me for the downer tone of the last couple entries. I generally try to stay upbeat in the face of injury, but last week got me down. Reading about my wallowing might not have been super fun, but you know what? Sometimes you just have to wallow. It happens. At any rate, that’s [...]

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Well.

May 10, 2012

I’ve spent quite some time reading about Achilles tendon issues on the Internet. Perhaps this was a terrible idea because now I’m feeling quite heartbroken. Most of what I’ve read indicates that Achilles problems can last for months and the rehab can go on forever, and I feel as though I will spend the rest [...]

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On Second Thought, Maybe I Can Be Stopped

May 8, 2012

I dislike writing this entry because as of yet there is no happy ending to this detour into constant injury that has been my life since last October. I much prefer to tell you all these things after there has been sufficient healing, a lesson learned, and a bright hopeful message, usually realized around sunrise. [...]

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Occam’s Razor and the Case of the Wrong-Sized Insoles

April 4, 2012

So, for weeks now, I have been dealing with a seemingly endless chain of traded problems when it comes to my feet. First came the pain in my right foot that was linked to an undeniable weakness in my hips. I spent more than 20 days in a row doing hip exercises for 40+ minutes [...]

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What’s Your Sport?

March 27, 2012

Today I went to a physical therapy appointment to have my (relatively) new insoles “posted up,” which apparently means that you put stuff on the bottom to make them…better. Or higher. Or something. In my case, the biggest problem currently is that I have none of my former foot pain, but I have blisters on [...]

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