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> Pretty soon there will be an end of year request to declare your running, weight loss and all
> around positive goals and aspirations for next year. So how about some reflections on injuries for
> this past year.
>
> In general did you have one or more injuries and what was the diagnosis?
Yes, a bad case of AT in both feet followed by something similar to PF (but not quite the same in
my opinion)
> Did it slow you down or knock you out and how long?
Yes, it did *knock* me out, matter of fact I'm still on that dreaded 0 mpw schedule.
> See a vet?
Only myself, though it's not really my field of expertise (the psychic trauma of forced
potatocouching is sort of more up my alley but I'm not sure it has helped me that much....)
> Take your best guess at what you think caused the injury.
Sadly, that is very simple: I took up running this spring after a approx a 12 year lay-off, after 2
months I was on 60 km weeks with 2 speedsessions (and yeah, that does seem *very* stupid right
now..) until AT reared its ugly head after 4 months. I then waited approx 2 months, AT better but
not good, followed by approx 6 weeks of eccentric calf exercise twice daily (disussed in a previous
thread). This was a poison cure: I think it made my AT very much better, I consider myself now
almost cured. BUT, along the way I developed a lot of pain underneath both feet. That is also
better, but not yet well enough to allow running. The eccentirc training program must have caused
this, and I think it could be a more generalised inflammation of the tendon/ soft tissud network in
the feet. The plantar fascia is central in that, of course, but I'm not sure this is the classic PF
as the pain is not centered around the heel, more towards the midfoot and sometimes around the base
of the toes. I now do some weight-training but even cycling is too hard on the feet for now. I hope
to take up running again late this winter or early spring.
When I'm back to running I'll be sure to go slow this time, stay away from speedwork, slowly build
milage and just enjoy doing that. I read this newsgroup every day, read running books a lot, and am
just as motivated as before. All in all, it least I've learned a lot and proved to myself that I
really want to be a part of this sport.
thanks for reading, Arne
news:[email protected]...
> Pretty soon there will be an end of year request to declare your running, weight loss and all
> around positive goals and aspirations for next year. So how about some reflections on injuries for
> this past year.
>
> In general did you have one or more injuries and what was the diagnosis?
Yes, a bad case of AT in both feet followed by something similar to PF (but not quite the same in
my opinion)
> Did it slow you down or knock you out and how long?
Yes, it did *knock* me out, matter of fact I'm still on that dreaded 0 mpw schedule.
> See a vet?
Only myself, though it's not really my field of expertise (the psychic trauma of forced
potatocouching is sort of more up my alley but I'm not sure it has helped me that much....)
> Take your best guess at what you think caused the injury.
Sadly, that is very simple: I took up running this spring after a approx a 12 year lay-off, after 2
months I was on 60 km weeks with 2 speedsessions (and yeah, that does seem *very* stupid right
now..) until AT reared its ugly head after 4 months. I then waited approx 2 months, AT better but
not good, followed by approx 6 weeks of eccentric calf exercise twice daily (disussed in a previous
thread). This was a poison cure: I think it made my AT very much better, I consider myself now
almost cured. BUT, along the way I developed a lot of pain underneath both feet. That is also
better, but not yet well enough to allow running. The eccentirc training program must have caused
this, and I think it could be a more generalised inflammation of the tendon/ soft tissud network in
the feet. The plantar fascia is central in that, of course, but I'm not sure this is the classic PF
as the pain is not centered around the heel, more towards the midfoot and sometimes around the base
of the toes. I now do some weight-training but even cycling is too hard on the feet for now. I hope
to take up running again late this winter or early spring.
When I'm back to running I'll be sure to go slow this time, stay away from speedwork, slowly build
milage and just enjoy doing that. I read this newsgroup every day, read running books a lot, and am
just as motivated as before. All in all, it least I've learned a lot and proved to myself that I
really want to be a part of this sport.
thanks for reading, Arne