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Category Archives: injury
Giving an Achilles heel the boot
Yesterday afternoon at 4:15 I stood up from working at my desk and felt a hot twinge in my right Achilles tendon. It was about a “4” on the pain scale. I walked it off and went to get dressed … Continue reading
Posted in injury
Tagged achilles tendon, achilles tendon injury, runner, running, running injury, triathlete
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Accepting limitations is sometimes the best strategy
On Wednesday morning I woke up feeling the tingle of a cold forming in my throat and sinuses. I’d run thirteen miles on Sunday, took a rest day, ran five miles on Tuesday, and felt a bit tired that afternoon. … Continue reading
There’s a right way to go bananas in endurance sports
Given the fact that the “fruit” we call bananas is so common and inexpensive to buy, it is easy to take for granted that the Cavendish bananas commercially available in stores are a production miracle brought to the United States … Continue reading
Posted in 400 meter intervals, 400 workouts, competition, injury, marathon, marathon training, mental health, PEAK EXPERIENCES, race pace, racing peak, running, swimming, track and field, tri-bikes, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged a right way to go bananas in endurance sports, bananas, bringing bananas to market, cavendish bananas, going bananas, going bananas in training, ironman triathlete, multisports, triathlete, triathlon, triathlon training
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“Doesn’t running hurt your knees?”
In a lifetime of running the question most often asked by people who don’t run is “Doesn’t running hurt your knees? Typically they’ll follow up with a story about how trying to run hurt their knees. The logic seems to … Continue reading
Taking a pass on the Turkey Trot this year
The annual rite of running the Turkey Trot in my former hometown of Batavia is going by the wayside this year. For one thing, my knee is slightly swollen from the hit it took by a yellow lab at the … Continue reading
Another little doggone injury
2019 has been a doggone tough year for me in terms of strange little injuries. But yesterday an incident took place that was a doggone fluke. Our dog Lucy loves to run and play at a large local dog park … Continue reading
Posted in injury, road kill lovers, running
Tagged dog, dog park, doggo, dogs, exercising dogs, labrador retriever, running injury, yellow lab
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Finding ways to focus on the positives
Three nights ago with the sprain still fresh below the ball of my foot, I awoke to the throb of pain and swelling. For a few minutes I tried to ignore it, but sleep wasn’t going to happen like that. … Continue reading
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Tagged injury, positive thinking, sports injury
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Why you can’t stop learning about yourself even if you try
In the early goings of a hike in the North Carolina mountains, I looked down to find a mushroom sprouting from a root right in the middle of the path. I bent down to behold the shining surface of its … Continue reading
Posted in bike accidents, bike crash, bike wobble, Christopher Cudworth, climbing, competition, cycling, cycling the midwest, doing pulls in cycling, healthy aging, healthy senior, injury, racing peak, training, tri-bikes, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged fooling yourself, fungi on trees, mountain laurel, mushrooms, north carolina mountains, precocious, self actualization, training camp for triathlon, training in north carolina
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Taking a spin through the recovery zone
Yesterday a nurse from the orthopedic office called to follow up on my recovery progress after surgery. They actually called a couple times immediately following the surgery, but I missed those calls. So the nurse sounded a little surprised when … Continue reading
Delayed reactions and side effects in endurance athletes
One of the most challenging aspects of high-level training for endurance sports is how to recover properly to avoid overuse injuries, fatigue or illness. Those us us that have pushed the envelope too far know the pain and difficulty of … Continue reading
Posted in cross country, cycling, injury, track and field, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
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