Tag: Rehab Journey
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Week 2: Marathon Szn
5/15: Medium run + strides As I was prepping for this week, I was working on some mental skills drills (which are so valuable) and I stumbled upon this phrase in my journal: “Breathe in strength, Breathe out weakness.” It really hit me when I thought about it – everything really does come down to…
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Return-to-Run, v3.0 (cont.)
4/29: Level 7 – Grit Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit. Grit is powering through 6 intervals in the weirdest spring heat wave and a down pour. Today’s run (7min run, 1min walk x6) was filled with grit on many levels. I slept over 10hrs and had a complete rest day yesterday to hit…
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Return-to-Run, Version 3.0
This next blog series will take you through the journey from broken bones to the finish line over the course of 24 weeks. This series will be raw with emotion – from the moments that test me to the moments that lift me. It will be all about the process, not the outcomes, of rebuilding…
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Level 10 Achieved!
R4R L10, Part 1Tonight’s run was my first continuous run without walking since that last dreadful treadmill run on June 8th, exactly 5 months ago. I’m not sure where time has gone, yet simultaneously it also feels like the longest 5 months ever. The mind has a way to remember vivid details during injury and…
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Distractions and Possibilities
R4R Level 9, Part 1 Today was Sunday Funday and I took my workout to the track, after a few past runs on pavement. Bone needs variety to keep from getting bored. Running is a boring sport for bone health, so it’s important I find every advantage I can in supergluing the skeleton together. It…
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Lucky Number Seven
R4R L7 Part 1 “The hard work puts you where good luck can find you.” At the end of every misfortune, there is a fountain of opportunity. Opportunity to begin again. Opportunity to fix the errors. Opportunity to write a new story. But opportunity doesn’t happen without hard work and grit. Tonight was all about…
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Humble Hills and Slow Turtles
R4R Level 6, Part 1Since the skeleton continues to be pain-free, I progressed beyond the halfway point of this phase of return-to-sport. It’s been a long journey. Some days I get lost on my progress that I just need to see where I have come from to understand where I’m at and where I’m headed.…
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Winning at Half-way!
R4R Level 5, Part 1 I needed tonight to go well. A wish to come true. A boost in the right direction. A thread of string to keep pulling me along this road of rehab and recovery. And the universe delivered all of this. Today is 16wks from imaging, or 112 days. I still remember…
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Finding Rhythm and Core Values
R4R L2, Part 1 On deck today was 5min WU, (2min run/2min walk) x 10, 5min CD. The forecast was showing either high humidity in the morning or rain showers in the evening. I set my alarm, packed my stuff, grabbed my shoes, and was out the door to the marina one more time before…
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Toughness on the Journey of a New Sport
“Real toughness is coming to terms with who we are and what we face, and making sense of and finding meaning in that struggle.” – S. Magness – What is toughness? Toughness is sitting outside between lightning strikes writing this blog because I refuse to be inside. Actually, that is probably more like stubbornness. Toughness…
Re-Energized Running 