Competitive Jerks Racing and Training - 2023 (Read 575 times)

Mikkey - 0 improvement this time with shockwave and extensive PT over 12 weeks. An incredibly stubborn injury. Have tried everything in the book (recovery sandals at home, intense calf stretching, strengthening calves / core, shockwave, night sock). Nothing is working. Frankly the only thing I haven't tried is just saying screw it and running on it, hoping maybe the exercise will actually shock it back into fixing itself. Going to give it a couple more weeks before I try that though. These foot injuries are so hard to deal with! Probably going to get some imaging done before end of year just to make sure nothing more serious is going on.

 

 

Damn! Sorry to hear that, I’ll have to admit that I thought shockwave did very little and wish I hadn’t spent so much money on it but there you go!  That’s interesting that your final throw of the dice is to just run on it, I couldn’t believe that I was able to run everyday for nearly 3 months without any niggles, but it was mostly all easy pace and only when I started tempos that the Achilles played up again. You do those eye watering Daniels workouts so maybe you’ll need to alter your training and accept slower times. 🤷‍♂️ Good luck anyway!

Adding my good luck to all racers, Mark is up first, starting in the next 10 minutes.  There is tracking here:

https://results.runningevents.co.nz/result/omaha/2023/0028

I'm very confident Cal will deliver with his training and the fact that he always delivers.

RP have fun out there - don't talk too much when she is suffering, just the odd word here and there will do it!

Flavio - This is your time.  I hope you're not pacing the hotel room right now.  Try to only run the race once!  You should be feeling confident, any other feeling isn't real.  Don't let the evil part of your brain dominate, it doesn't know what it's talking about.

Josh I have not tried that. What is it exactly?

Since English is not my main language I hope it's o.k. to refer you to this

Deep Friction Massage - Physiopedia (physio-pedia.com)

explanation. Cross friction massage is/can be painful, but has helped me get rid of two nagging injuries at two of the thickest tendons available - achilles and patella tendon. And I could do it on my own, which is definitely a plus. I - not a medical profesional in any sense or way - can't see why it wouldn't be worth a try on your ITB.

Mark through halfway in 38:53 in third place so on about 1:17.xx pace.  Very nice on that course.

Congrats Mark! That must have been fun reeling in second place person. Thanks for tracking Steve.

If you're still running, Mark, have a great finish! All the other racers - have a good night's sleep, fun on the run, and enjoy your results!

Yeah, Mark and I did it!     Congrats on a great race and what must have been a satisfying second half!

Nice sprint finish.

Steve wait....WHAT?!!?!?!? shit. Well there goes THAT idea.

My runner is getting nervous in a good way. in the "I'm afraid to try and do big shit I've said I wanted to do for so long" way. I'm going to ask her to describe the course to me. Pick out what points in the course she remembers. It is their third time running it so I'm sure there are some. For me...

fast downhill to a big right hand turn you take wide and watch layers get tossed (first CIM, and first time I'd learned this was a thing). People out watchin with bonfires smoking cigarettes in "rural/farmland" parts of California (it isn't rural.)

Drummers at the fire station on the right, street opens up and darkwave flys by on the opposite side of the road.

Left hand turn at 10k everyone will take sharp.

Kleenex at the church (don't forget they have a trash can/bag at the end) then the guy taking a piss in the grass next to a fence.

S curve most people don't cut the tangent on, long hill to the business section just before halfway (timing mats will be wrong here).  Massive exchange point for the relay. Hang a left and start wondering where the flat part is (first sub 3 attempt) while you're stuck in the pack of 2:59 runners going too fast. Pass burger king and enter resdential where there is a self-made aid station from residents.

Big rolling downhills where I saw rlk's teammate one year, then the wall at 20 (literally they build a wall) and a big sweeping LEFT hand turn after the bridge where the WolfPack girls from 2021 started pulling away. Maybe this turn is before the brige. either way...they pulled away from me here while my watch was telling me "BATTERY LOW" at mile 18. So i guess it is before 21.

Hit downtown, look for the bar giving out free drinks, hang a left at the bank (commanderkeen vomit intersection) then a right and head under the freeway looking for the guy playing the trumpet.

Look for the Capital building, wonder where the fuck the finish line is, two left turns and a sprint finish. At some point figure out what your finisher photo will be. Christ redeemer, gang signs/numerical values, watch pause, cell phone videography, fatigued runner (typically one arm crossed way over in front of the body), point to the sky, or just stop ON the finish line and pose while everyone else avoids you. I might do "get the fuck out of my way I gotta video some shit!!!!!" which looks like running and stepping on hot coals while trying to navigate to the front of a concert mosh pit.

Marky_Mark - Sorry missed wishing you good luck.  Looks like it was a great race, congrats!!

Those of you racing tomorrow, I hope you crush it.  I think we will have a new sub-3 member in a few hours, unless Flavio stays up all night optimizing his hydration operation...