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Location:

Wichita,KS,

Member Since:

Sep 14, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

marathon pr:  2:59:49.  Saint George 2011

Praire Spirit 50 mile winner 7:36:30 2013

I accidentally ran 100 miles in November 2013.  it was hard.  I threw up a lot.  decided to do a better job next time

I did it again on purpose October 2014--Heartland 100 winner and CR 17:38:37

Heartland 50 winner May 2014

Psycho Wyco 50k winner February 2012

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run enough to hold off the middle-age spread

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

 

Sub 3 hour marathon--SOMEDAY!  Done!

 

New long term goal:  ....run enough to feel kinda like I did when I was fit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal:

I was a single mom.  Two times over.  We all survived, despite the fact that I make atrocious decisions.  Then, I met a man I didn't deserve.  And he loves me so much.  And I love him. We lived in sin and bought a house for two years then hired a judge and officially got married(to our great delight and also the delight of our mothers), then a month later he was diagnosed with cancer.  Well we survived all that and he's 100% fine now.  But, we're really out of shape and really busy with kids and jobs and running just isn't my priority and there's so many other layers to all of it, but I'm running anyway.  This is my failure blog now.  Just to log that one run a week if I snag it.  
Somehow that matters and I want that run recorded.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Waverider 12 Lifetime Miles: 333.61
Nike Air Pegasus Lifetime Miles: 507.20
Pink Pegs Lifetime Miles: 595.58
Pink Nike Avant Lifetime Miles: 624.04
Crappy Asics Lifetime Miles: 146.72
Adidas Adizero Mana Lifetime Miles: 113.32
Blue Avants Lifetime Miles: 653.33
Crocs Lifetime Miles: 18.08
Lunarfly Lifetime Miles: 468.47
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Total Distance
6.00

8:39 AP.  Minced gingerly along nsaid-free.  I am really dependent on those.  So, I swallowed crow and went to the doctor.  He also specialized in sports medicine at one point.  My pain doesn't match anything.  He said it basically is either inflammation in the area and I will have to rest it to make it go away, but can probably nsaid-up and make the marathon, or, it is tibial stress fractures.  I am being scheduled for a bone scan.  Preparing for the worse.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 19:25:33 from 206.19.214.144

hoping for the best.

From JulieC on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 22:46:15 from 71.35.251.6

April, when this started happening did you change your shoes to something different and changed the way you landed? ARE YOU ICING LIBERALLY? crossing fingers it is NOT the latter.

From JulieC on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 22:46:37 from 71.35.251.6

hey my pace was slower than yours today : D

From Burt on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 22:50:19 from 72.223.90.79

Mine was faster.

From Tracy on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 08:15:45 from 173.23.75.249

Hmmm...Good luck with the bone scan.

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 09:06:01 from 72.205.227.203

Julie this kinda crept up on me. It had started in one side a few weeks before Houston, but pretty much went away and after Houston was gone. It reared up in both sides suddenly a few weeks later after a day off..out of nowhere! It hadn't been hurting while running. Since then, it has been persistently present. It is pain just below the knee at the top of the shin, difficult to localize, but I don't really think it involves the knee. I can walk and kneel fine. It hurts to run, like grinding glass that sometimes radiates down both sides of my lower leg, but tends to get better as I warm up. With the use of NSAIDS, I can run fine, without nsaids, I mince gingerly along and cannot stand it. I keep trying to wean off the nsaids and can't. There is no specific tender point and no swelling. Also, I get this unstable feeling in my lower legs as if they might give out--that's the symptom that really caught my attention and pretty much drove me to the doctor, plus the fact that I can't wean off the nsaids.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:12:23 from 184.79.24.255

Yikes, ..not a stress fracture, not a stress fracture, not a stress fracture.. Hopefully it's the inflammation thing and you can abuse ibuprofen until the race and heal it afterward. Good luck, hoping for the best.

From JulieC on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 22:42:16 from 71.35.251.6

sorry I don't have internet access at work...but I was wondering if you have been taking some vitamin D---perhaps a more bioavailable kind, like under the tongue? I sure hope it is minor. Gosh stress fracture would be a huge bummer. speedy recovery forwarded : D.

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