Less than two weeks to go… until my first post-foot surgery race and no major setbacks yet! (I’m picturing the gods of irony dropping a giant anvil on my head as I write this…nothing yet, but I’ll let you know). Training hasn’t been stellar, but it has been steady, and right now that is the [...]
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Instructions: Before being to read this blog post, please scroll down and hit the ‘play’ button on the video. Turn up the volume for necessary background reading music. It is Day 12 of my post-op recovery and I think I’m coping as well as I can (although my family might say otherwise…). My mood hasn’t [...]
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The best laid plans of mice and ultrarunners…. My surgery was supposed to be a rather routine operation on my right big toe, but things didn’t go exactly as planned. Let’s back it up a bit and I’ll explain how I got into this mess. I’ve been having pain in my right big toe for about [...]
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Greetings from Chicago!! I’ve gone a bit off the radar ever since I finished the Australia race. Truth be told, I put myself in a self-induced chocolate and champagne stupor for the past couple of weeks and have just recently emerged. I stuffed myself full of gluten, artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated fats, and bubbly forms of [...]
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