Rocinante

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Location:

Logan,UT,

Member Since:

Jan 26, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Finished two Big Sur Marathons (BSIM) in 1999 (3:59 I think, and I can't remember exactly what year!) and 2008 (4:25.28). Had knee problems before 2008 BSIM and so didn't train sufficiently - hoping to stay injury free for 2009 event.

95:23 in 2006 in Tilden Tough Ten (10 miles) in Berkeley, Calif.

Logan First Dam Run 2006 53 mins (can't remember exactly) - Have to take these things more seriously!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3:45 in 2009 Big Sur Marathon and 3:30 in 2010.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run at least 1 Marathon and 1 1/2 Marathon every year .

Personal:

Single; Trying to learn Spanish - listening to Spanish radio podcasts while running - dos parajos de un tiro!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance 817 Lifetime Miles:						154.50
Vibram KSO 5 Fingers Lifetime Miles:						125.10
Nike 5 Free Lifetime Miles:						45.20

Mon, Jun 08, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Well, the paella was good but the foot was quite sore. I probably walked about 5 miles yesterday, including some steepish hills. Today it feels better but it isn't runnable. It could be a stress fracture - I have had this before, a number of years ago, and so maybe running in the KSOs brought it out because there was a weakness there already. The left foot is fine. I did edge into the KSOs relatively slowly (I thought) but maybe last week was just too big of a jump up in distance in them - but it was just so much fun.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From redrooster on Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 16:10:05 from 129.123.3.31

what a bummer. well, you can join me on the disabled list. I think I have a stress fracture as well (still lingering from the March episode). when I get back in I think I will follow Liebermans advice carefully- start with a mile at a time in the FF and work up real slow. I hope they aren't what caused your problems, I really am hoping they will help.

Still no DH- absolute silence from above... well, what else is new?

off to Zion, will check in in a few days, Scott

From Jason McK on Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 17:51:12 from 63.255.173.99

How slowly did you "edge into the KSOs"? Just curious, as I plan on trying the same thing... Good luck healing.

From rocinante on Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 05:15:46 from 150.244.37.67

Jason,

Well, for about three weeks I ran in them only every other day and confined it mainly to soft surfaces - grass or the beach. Distances at first were in the 4 mile range which I gradually increased to 9 but along the beach (this was when I was in the UK). Here in Spain the surfaces are a lot harder - about 1 mile of asphalt to the trail then the rest consists of a - hardish gravel road and then trails but trails which are fairly hard because it's so dry.

I haven't increased my weekly mileage that much - recently it had been running 35 - 40 but in conventional running shoes. The knee problems have gone away with the Five fingers and I think I got carried away and overdid it - I forgot that I'd had thus injury before and because things were going so well just pushed too much.

RedRooster got some advice from Dr. Lieberman (see above and his blog) which suggests taking things considerably more slowly than I did. But a lot probably depends on age, past injuries etc.

Today the foot feels quite a bit better but I suspect that I'll be out for at least a week....

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