Hi, Mike, Was thinking about you on my run yesterday (really) and today you drop in to say hi. If only I could earn a living from my not-so-reliable clairvoyance! Glad to hear you're running pain-free. Awesome that you volunteered at the marathon. Volunteering at a race is still an unfinished item on my to-do list for this year. I'm thinking of helping with the Back on My Feet 24 hour relay in Philly in July. I'd like to run the first loop - 8.2 miles - at midnight and then hang around to volunteer for a while. It might be raining, but it sure won't be 32 degrees in Philly in July! Eliz

mini reply. Yay!!! hi Mike!

Laurie, how cool you get to go to Boston! I wanted to do that too, but it didn't work out. How are you? .... back to normal?? Eliz I'm glad you're being careful. I know I overdo that, I'm sorry. wtg passing that bunny . I hope you find a job you like. Linda, I really will send those pages soon. monday I forgot the book. today I forgot to copy it. tomorrow, I get one more chance. You are probably right... the slow & easy should help the hr. maybe being nice to my heart is similar to you being nice to your bronchials. hey! we're kind of like a team, teaching by example. you set a good example, while I'll illustrate what not to do. . woohoo you got outside. ok, that makes sense re your doctor, but for some reason it isn't what I remember. good chance you might be right, though. ;-). do you like your new one? roberta, did you have your appt. yet? Mike, welcome back. thanks for starting us. I'm happy you're running & not hurting. nice you volunteered for that race. I think I will again for one that comes up here in a couple of weeks. very best of luck to you re your job. it sounds pretty exciting. any idea how long it would be till you moved there? I went to the gym yesterday again. now that they finally have equipment I can use, I also can use the track for long enough to make it worthwhile. so I don't even want to look at the ellipticals. etc. rotten timing, eh? I did 3.44 miles, I think... Linda, I don't look till I'm done, I'm mainly going by feel. that includes walking, warmup & everything. just whatever I can cover. I'm not really logging either, but do have it stored on polar's site. I want to start logging the pilates etc, to keep better track of all that. but I digress. I was going to yell at linda for going too fast, but yesterday when I was just about done I decided to up the pace for a bit & got up to 7:44. too fast for me right now, hr was 188. but it was SO much fun. the good thing is I don't think it hurt my hamstrings. a few weeks ago it would have. I know that's not fast for a lot of people, but I still liked it. not much today, kind of sick. but i'll go again in the morning. Hi Teresa. are you back? congrats on your 5K, how great. Jem, I miss you. Kevin, keep talking through this rehab, if you have time. i think it's good for us to see each other persevere.

Okay I'm back.. did the 8/3 runwalk 3 times tonight on my treadmill at home.. it was a little tougher, but then it is a new week, mornings actually seem easier, and I think I've been fighting a cold.. so I guess it went pretty well considering

The people at the weekly fun run are encouraging, the weather has been nicer, and now the third week in a row I've bettered my time. It's only by a few seconds, but it's still progress as someone here told me. Yep, I went again to the podiatrist who referred me to physical therapy. He said that since I have the same pain after two rounds of anti-inflammatory meds, a cortisone shot, shoe inserts, and home exercises, that "aggressive" therapy is next. He sounded confident that I would soon be in less pain, and so did the therapist when I went. During the evaluation, the therapist said I have been favoring my left foot so much that all the way up to my hip has been affected. Now I've got many more exercises to do here at home to loosen up my hip, plus instructions to avoid running/walking for at least a week. I'm to get into a pool (at the Y) to run - same endurance building but no strain on my left foot and leg and hip. Evidently . . . the original plantar fasciitis could have been caused by too old of running shoes among other things . . . like my trying to increase my speed. The therapist seemed pretty confident that I could still run in the Indy mini-marathon's 5K although he said I may have to walk more than I want. Oh well. Therapy is 3x a week for a few weeks. And, once my foot is on the way to healing, he said he'd put me on the treadmill there and give me some running pointers. PS - From past therapy, I'm concerned that "aggressive therapy" is code for semi-torture. Roberta

Good Morning Everyone, Deb, It sounds like you are running again. Yay. Now I'll dispense some of your advice back to you. Take it easy. Pullease. Laurie, I kind of feel like I'm starting over again too. I want to go for a nice long run, but I can't. My recent 3 milers are a strain. The job in TN is Emergency Preparedness at a nuclear power plant. I took the job that I currently have with the hope that it would help me get back into a nuclear power plant. This job would be right in line with what I do now for the State of Ohio, and would be what I did at the local nuke plant before I left 10 years ago. Roberta, I'm sorry to hear about your entry to the Disabled List. There sure is no shortage of experience with that here. Rinda, Hope the cold is better. I'm glad that you are still able to be active. I would think a cold would agrivate the bronchials. BTB, I looked at the link and your post on the issue. Wow! What a great story. She sounds like a real fighter, and worthy of your effort. I'll be waiting to hear how it goes. Good luck. I ran 3.5 miles this morning. I was supposed to run 3 and forgot to stop. Oh well. I got so caught up in what was running through my head. cheers Mike

Hey all! The breathing, well the last few days have been a little worse due to something.... a cold maybe, I've been extremely tired in the evenings falling asleep on the couch (which is so unlike me), DD had a nasty cold, with respiratory infection, so does my boss & others at work. I am really try hard not to "full on" get it. I increased my meds to everyday now, because I've had a massive headache ( a big sign the oxygen isn't as high as before). It has been colder at night again too, and I need to check the dust in my bedroom again... so this morning I was set to go to the gym, but when I woke up I felt horrible so went back to sleep.. seriously I think this morning's problem was dust, so will fix that today. This is just a pain in the rear, grrrr... Boy it seems like a lot of PT is going around here! Roberta - hope it works for you quickly!! I had my first PT visit yesterday, where they do the eval. It turns out my neck is involved.. in fact when he pushed on my 3rd & 4th cervical vertbrae, it sent tingling down to fingers on both hands!! but much worse on my left side. He says the muscles around my shoulder, & arm are weak - probably due to protecting the shoulder from the pain... so one has to wonder if its really the neck, and the shoulder took the brunt of the pain when it triggered the bursitis. He confirmed what weight machine did it - just like I thought... lat machine, behind my head (which help builds the muscle for my other shoulder,BUT I guess is extremely hard on your neck & shoulders). So, he showed me a way to do it in front that really gives about the same effect as doing it in the back (but much safer). So, I have a bunch of visits scheduled & he's starting out with very, small, small movements. Oh & did my xray yesterday too. Deb - you're just lucky, I don't live near you!! No, you shouldn't be doing the 7:44 even for a minute, & stop worrying about striders!!!! I know its hard, and sometimes feel like you're not doing much, but slow & easy is the way to go for you. trust me..... Mike - sounds like the job would be perfect for what you want to do!! btb - a great cause you're running for Okay I'm late, gotta jet!!