Tag Archives: Running

I can run! I can ride! I can fly!

You know it’s been too dang long since you wrote a post when you can’t figure out how to login to WordPress to write a new post… but I was not about to peck out a post on my phone … Continue reading

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Part 2 – Waking Up, and No Puking Allowed

(If you used to read my race reports you are well-aware that I take a friggin’ long time to get through the story, for example when it took 4 pages of 14 to get to the start of IMUSA. I … Continue reading

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Part 1 – Down with Surgery! Up with Vicodin!

So. They told me to stay off Facebook and not make any legal decisions, but they didn’t say anything about blogging. Maybe I’ll make my mom read it before I post but that wouldn’t be any fun. After watching Duke … Continue reading

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Here…we….go!

I am having surgery tomorrow morning at 9 a.m., which means I have been nothing short of a disaster this week. I’ve cried (not proudly) and stomped out of the building at work; I’ve gone to my final two body … Continue reading

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Alrighty then – surgery!

I’m going to be chopped open on Friday, January 13. In theory the nice doctor will make me very sleepy, slice me open, stitch up what is torn/shredded/awry, then stitch me back together. I will wake up, start taking lots … Continue reading

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Still hangin

Maybe my blogger days were left behind when I left the Ironman-solid thighs behind? Not sure, but I am amazed by the blogs I read whose authors write long, funny, picture-filled posts ever single day. Sure, I did that once … Continue reading

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The boot

Because you know what would be AWESOME, when you thought you’d finally recovered, and spent 3 solid months putting in solid miles and feel like maybe you’re back on track to be Pre-Grad School, Pre-Injury, kind of Mo (maybe even … Continue reading

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A fine reason to blog again: Illicit Guide Dogs

A five month hiatus from blogging, and what made me think it would be a good idea to post? Not my Cherry Blossom 10-mile race, which I completed on April 3 (maybe I’ll get around to that…first race in 18 … Continue reading

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Ankle update part 27

I finally (finally) got to see the orthopedist yesterday… a full 5 weeks after receiving the referral. Popular guy! They took 6 more xrays of my ankle (all weight-bearing) which showed nothing. So I am now scheduled for an MRI … Continue reading

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Treadmill fires

I’m at week 7 of the Great Ligament Tear of 2009. Been going to the gym every day since I came up to visit my parents (not much else to do around here, and particularly since I’m not allowed to … Continue reading

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