More of the same as last week – I went to physical therapy and worked. Knee stuff My physical therapist continued ASTYM on my LCL this week (thanks to Wendy for reminding me of the official term for the “metal scraper thing”). She also started using it on the IT band on the same leg, […]
LCL recovery, week 1
So…knee injury recovery is what you really want to read a series of posts on over the next few weeks, right? If you said “uhhh…no?”, you can skip to the bottom of this and future posts for the recap of other events of questionable interest. But I’ll try to make the recovery recaps at least […]
The “so that’s not happening” week in review
Short version: I thought my knee pain had gone away, but I was wrong. Long version: keep reading…if you want 500 words about my knee. Probably about as fascinating as it sounds. Mon-Tues Monday all my joints felt mostly back to normal. I went to a restorative yoga class, then did my first strength workout […]
The 3 Rs: rest, research, “recovery”
Those are the 3 Rs of a post-race week, right? Ok…maybe the one in the middle doesn’t belong. But since I did little this week outside of work, I thought I’d give you a short description of my research instead of a short description of my runs. The pictures aren’t as pretty though. Rest I […]
‘Tis the season…(not THAT season)
Lest anyone be misled by the title: I am emphatically not one of those people who gets excited about Christmas the second the calendar says it’s fall. One month at a time, please. But since fall has officially made its appearance, we can get excited about that now. Fall means that ’tis the season…. For […]
The start-of-school whirlwind review, and Glacier
Even though I am done with the classwork for my PhD, it still takes a few weeks to adjust to a new school year. It’s partly just having a more structured schedule, but it’s also that the school year still manages to be busier than summer. I’m teaching 4 sections of a freshman lab this […]
My worst running mistake
Truthfully, more like my worst running mistakes. I set off on a long trail run, got semi-lost, and finally returned to the trailhead having run about 5 miles further than planned Before I go into detail, I want to clarify that at no point was I in actual danger (hi, Mom). Although I wasn’t prepared […]
I’m either running or disappointed: week in review
That is probably an over-dramatic title and not indicative of my entire week. I’m currently in a funk because we were supposed to be camping tonight. But…last night the air quality jumped from “moderate” to unhealthy and it hasn’t noticeably improved over the course of the day. I was prepared to tough it out because, […]
Sweet Pea 5K recap
As promised, here’s the recap of the 5K PR I ran a few weeks ago. My old PR of 28:11 was from almost 4 years ago, so this should be “easy”. Except the “running hard for 27ish minutes” part. The Sweet Pea is an annual local race that starts and finishes downtown on Main Street. […]
Trails, trails, trails: week in review
Good news: I was on or at a trail 5 days this week. Bad news: the smoke is back…and this time it’s from nearby fires, so I think we’re officially in smoke season. Monday Back to my usual steep hill training trail. For 2 days after a 5K, it felt surprisingly not bad. 2.9 miles. […]