Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Middalia
Bit of a role reversal on my run with my husband on Tuesday. We started running and the hip pain was so bad I almost started crying. Two reasons I kept going: 1) the pain is always the worst at the beginning unless I’ve done something before my run to warm up 2) first half [...]
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Posted on May 11th, 2009 by Middalia
Some of you may not know it, but not to long ago I was pretty fat. I have lost fifty pounds since I started my “journey to fitness”. It didn’t happen quickly, I worked out, ate less and the pounds came off slowly. So far this has been the most successful weight loss I have [...]
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Posted on May 9th, 2009 by Middalia
Race morning, I woke my little guy up and the first thing he said was that his stomach hurt. I think it was nerves. So I told him we would eat some breakfast and then see how he felt. After breakfast he said he was feeling better, and still wanted to run. He [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2009 by Middalia
As much as I hate to I am taking a few days off. I ran seven miles on Monday and the first two were painful and slow. I finally got to the point where I could ignore the pain a bit and move a little faster. But I never got up the speed I have [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2009 by Middalia
All my runs this week have been pretty slow. Everytime I speed up I feel a pain in my left adductor muscle. I am thankful that I have still been able to run. My mileage was also way down, only 15 miles. That is the lowest it has been in a long time, but I [...]
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