Last night after work I took a nice hot tub soak and put the turbo jets on my sore quads and down my right calf which is causing my heel pain with a deep massage, man did it hurt to dig the jets into my sore muscles! To my surprise and not realizing what I was doing during the marathon, my left quad was really stiff and sore yesterday from compensating for my right foot hurting while I was running, my left quad isn't bad at all, just a little stiffness.
Today, this morning I'm feeling allot better, the jets really helped loosen up my muscle pain in my left quad and my right calf. My heel still hurts but not as bad as yesterday.
I think I should be well enough to dive on Saturday and if I don't hurt anything at the dive meet I should be able to race in Milton. ; )
:)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Ottaw Race Report
.....I SUCK AT RUNNING! ....
I knew I was going to have a hard time at the race with my foot hurting, not to make excuses but I have been hurting a long time now with heel pain in my good foot, the right one. so my run training was limited to little or none, and none in the last two weeks with aggressive stretching rest and icing to get my heel healed before my race.
Race morning I woke up and took my first step out of bed and couldn't walk because of my heel pain. I stretched it out then got ready for my race. We had to walk about a mile from our hotel to get to the race start. I was feeling good physically, well rested and raring to go, but had doubts of starting as every step I took walking down to the start had sharp pains in my heel.
Our group gathered around the start area for a group picture then we all settled into our corrals, I placed myself in the 5hr corral thinking I'll start a a nice slow pace for the first half and gradually pick up the pace in the second half with a real expectation of finishing around 4:30hrs.
The gun goes off and away we go, I don't know how long it took but it seemed like it took forever to just get to the start line from where we were seeded way back at the 5hr corral and soon as I hit the mat I set my watch.
1km..2km..3km..hit a aid station and pass on any aid to continue running. I'm feeling good at this pace, not breathing hard low heart rate and just feeling good, except for every step I took my heel had a shooting sharp pain.
I stuck to my plan of 10 and 1 where every rest break I would crouch down and stretch my foot.
8k..9k..10k...I was feeling good moving along well but my heel was getting worse hit my split at 1:07 I think? Not bad I'm thinking I'm not tired not breathing hard just moving along steady, except for the pain on every step.
18k...my heel is starting to really hurt, so I take more stretching breaks, but at this time it's not helping. it hurt to walk, it hurt to run, and it hurt to stretch it. I'm saying to myself this really suck! I'm feeling I could have a great race if it wasn't for the pain in my heal! I say to myself I can't quit, I have to at least make it to the halfway mark. So I keep moving on, the run and walks start changing to walk and run.
21k...I made it, I say to myself I can quit now! but there is no where to quit to? so I keep going as I see we are heading closer to the city and finish area where I can give my timing chip in and head back to my hotel.
22...23...24... I kept going, walking in pain and limping along giving up on running totally. Finally hear the sound of people cheering at the finish line as some fast racers were coming in to finish. I see my chance now to cut off the course at the 25k mark and walk on back another 1/2k or so until I was able to get to the chute area to hand in my chip. As I'm walking through the chute area a voly hands me a medal and I wave him off an said No! I didn't finish the race, I'm just handing in my chip.
After I hand in my chip I grab some drink and fruit for my journey home to the hotel to take a shower and wait for my roommates to finish.
When i get back to my room one of my roommate's Les is already there all showered up and packed. He too quit after doing only half with his own leg issue. I take my shower and layed down watching some tv until my other roommate Brian gets in. Brian had an amazing race and qualified for Boston with his finish time. Congrats Brian!
We all then met up with all the other group at the Feather and fox for lunch and beers before heading to our bus for the journey home with lots of free flowing beverages. :D :cheers:
I had a fun time, I'm not discouraged over not finishing. I did a lot more and ran further then I really expected!?! so It's all good. One day I'll be able to run pain free, until then? I'll just keep moving forward to my next adventure....which is the provincial diving championships this Saturday which I'm entered in the 3m event, and Sunday I'll be doing the Milton tri for my first tri of the year.
I knew I was going to have a hard time at the race with my foot hurting, not to make excuses but I have been hurting a long time now with heel pain in my good foot, the right one. so my run training was limited to little or none, and none in the last two weeks with aggressive stretching rest and icing to get my heel healed before my race.
Race morning I woke up and took my first step out of bed and couldn't walk because of my heel pain. I stretched it out then got ready for my race. We had to walk about a mile from our hotel to get to the race start. I was feeling good physically, well rested and raring to go, but had doubts of starting as every step I took walking down to the start had sharp pains in my heel.
Our group gathered around the start area for a group picture then we all settled into our corrals, I placed myself in the 5hr corral thinking I'll start a a nice slow pace for the first half and gradually pick up the pace in the second half with a real expectation of finishing around 4:30hrs.
The gun goes off and away we go, I don't know how long it took but it seemed like it took forever to just get to the start line from where we were seeded way back at the 5hr corral and soon as I hit the mat I set my watch.
1km..2km..3km..hit a aid station and pass on any aid to continue running. I'm feeling good at this pace, not breathing hard low heart rate and just feeling good, except for every step I took my heel had a shooting sharp pain.
I stuck to my plan of 10 and 1 where every rest break I would crouch down and stretch my foot.
8k..9k..10k...I was feeling good moving along well but my heel was getting worse hit my split at 1:07 I think? Not bad I'm thinking I'm not tired not breathing hard just moving along steady, except for the pain on every step.
18k...my heel is starting to really hurt, so I take more stretching breaks, but at this time it's not helping. it hurt to walk, it hurt to run, and it hurt to stretch it. I'm saying to myself this really suck! I'm feeling I could have a great race if it wasn't for the pain in my heal! I say to myself I can't quit, I have to at least make it to the halfway mark. So I keep moving on, the run and walks start changing to walk and run.
21k...I made it, I say to myself I can quit now! but there is no where to quit to? so I keep going as I see we are heading closer to the city and finish area where I can give my timing chip in and head back to my hotel.
22...23...24... I kept going, walking in pain and limping along giving up on running totally. Finally hear the sound of people cheering at the finish line as some fast racers were coming in to finish. I see my chance now to cut off the course at the 25k mark and walk on back another 1/2k or so until I was able to get to the chute area to hand in my chip. As I'm walking through the chute area a voly hands me a medal and I wave him off an said No! I didn't finish the race, I'm just handing in my chip.
After I hand in my chip I grab some drink and fruit for my journey home to the hotel to take a shower and wait for my roommates to finish.
When i get back to my room one of my roommate's Les is already there all showered up and packed. He too quit after doing only half with his own leg issue. I take my shower and layed down watching some tv until my other roommate Brian gets in. Brian had an amazing race and qualified for Boston with his finish time. Congrats Brian!
We all then met up with all the other group at the Feather and fox for lunch and beers before heading to our bus for the journey home with lots of free flowing beverages. :D :cheers:
I had a fun time, I'm not discouraged over not finishing. I did a lot more and ran further then I really expected!?! so It's all good. One day I'll be able to run pain free, until then? I'll just keep moving forward to my next adventure....which is the provincial diving championships this Saturday which I'm entered in the 3m event, and Sunday I'll be doing the Milton tri for my first tri of the year.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Happy Birthday Victoria
My baby turns 18 today, gak! she was just a baby a few years ago? where did the time go? Not only is it her birthday, it's also her Prom day..... Yes it's a big day for her.
Joanne took the day off work today to be at Victoria's beck and call to get ready for prom night. Victoria has appointments to get her hair, nails, and whatever done? to get ready for tonight. The plan for her is she will be picked up in some rental limo with her girlfriends and drive out to the local arboretum ( sunnydale park ) for some pictures, then driven to the prom for the dinner and dance. After the prom she's going to one of her girlfriends house to party or whatever? [wink, wink]
Later today Joanne and I plan on giving Victoria her birthday gift/ graduation present if it gets here? Since she is not attending graduation night next month we decided to make this gift a all in one gift for her birthday today, as well as a graduation gift that will wear well tonight being her prom night.
We had something special made for her to give her for graduation. The gift had to be custom made to order, because when we were shopping for her birthday gift / Graduation present the store didn't have any in stock, and we needed it by her birthday for her prom, this was over a month ago. I called a few weeks back and they still hadn't received it in. Yesterday I got a call from the store that it came in, ( that's cutting it close!) ...But! they had good and bad news for me! the good news, our item was in. the bad news they made the wrong one?! It was the right one, but the wrong size? it was the bigger more expensive one which we couldn't afford but liked. Well they offered to send it to us at no extra charge. ( SWEET! ) so it will be shipped up to us by Currier today just in time for us to give it to her before she leaves for her prom.....So what is it?...when it arrives I'll let you know, after we give it to Victoria.
Victoria, I hope all go well for you today baby. I hope you have the best time of you're life today. Enjoy your day, and night......... Gak! My baby's growed up!!
Happy Birthday baby. Love you!....
Ps. pictures of gift and events to follow.
Joanne took the day off work today to be at Victoria's beck and call to get ready for prom night. Victoria has appointments to get her hair, nails, and whatever done? to get ready for tonight. The plan for her is she will be picked up in some rental limo with her girlfriends and drive out to the local arboretum ( sunnydale park ) for some pictures, then driven to the prom for the dinner and dance. After the prom she's going to one of her girlfriends house to party or whatever? [wink, wink]
Later today Joanne and I plan on giving Victoria her birthday gift/ graduation present if it gets here? Since she is not attending graduation night next month we decided to make this gift a all in one gift for her birthday today, as well as a graduation gift that will wear well tonight being her prom night.
We had something special made for her to give her for graduation. The gift had to be custom made to order, because when we were shopping for her birthday gift / Graduation present the store didn't have any in stock, and we needed it by her birthday for her prom, this was over a month ago. I called a few weeks back and they still hadn't received it in. Yesterday I got a call from the store that it came in, ( that's cutting it close!) ...But! they had good and bad news for me! the good news, our item was in. the bad news they made the wrong one?! It was the right one, but the wrong size? it was the bigger more expensive one which we couldn't afford but liked. Well they offered to send it to us at no extra charge. ( SWEET! ) so it will be shipped up to us by Currier today just in time for us to give it to her before she leaves for her prom.....So what is it?...when it arrives I'll let you know, after we give it to Victoria.
Victoria, I hope all go well for you today baby. I hope you have the best time of you're life today. Enjoy your day, and night......... Gak! My baby's growed up!!
Happy Birthday baby. Love you!....
Ps. pictures of gift and events to follow.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
It's Tuesday and I've got five day's until the Ottawa marathon. I got an e-mail saying we meet up for the bus a 6 am Saturday at the waterfront, man that's early! I don't get home until 12:30am from work Friday night.
I spent the whole long weekend with my foot in my boot to rest it up, as well as stretching and icing and massaging. My foot is feeling better, until I walk on it for any length of time, then my heel starts hurting again. Come race day Sunday, I'll decide whether to try the race, not start, or just walk the marathon coming in under the cut off time just so i get my souvenir finishers medal.
The hell with it! I'll run as long as I can from the start, suck it up and walk off the pain and run some more to the finish! I'm not a quitter. and I'm not going to show a DNS, or a DNF!! so there! :p
My prediction of my run?...start out the first 10k split with 1hr, second 10k split 1hr, third 10k split 1.5hr last 12k 2hrs for a total of 5:30 finish. .....6:30 if I have to walk more because of heel pain.
I spent the whole long weekend with my foot in my boot to rest it up, as well as stretching and icing and massaging. My foot is feeling better, until I walk on it for any length of time, then my heel starts hurting again. Come race day Sunday, I'll decide whether to try the race, not start, or just walk the marathon coming in under the cut off time just so i get my souvenir finishers medal.
The hell with it! I'll run as long as I can from the start, suck it up and walk off the pain and run some more to the finish! I'm not a quitter. and I'm not going to show a DNS, or a DNF!! so there! :p
My prediction of my run?...start out the first 10k split with 1hr, second 10k split 1hr, third 10k split 1.5hr last 12k 2hrs for a total of 5:30 finish. .....6:30 if I have to walk more because of heel pain.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
I've got a Secret!
I've been keeping a secret, and hoping for the best, but!!....
Now it's time to let my secret out.......
For a long while I have had problems with my right heel while walking or running. I think it has to do with my right calf that I tore a year and a half ago. Since I tore my calf and since it's been healed, I have had tightness in my calf. I think this tightness is what is causing my heel pain. The tightness is probably scar tissue in my calf muscle which is pulling on my tendon causing the pain in my heel. I have had a little heel pain for some time now, but usually I stretch out my calf and the pain goes away in my heel. I usually stretch out my calf before doing any activity, specially running and diving, but this week it's not working.
Well now I have major heal pain and I can't walk or run on it, and I have my Marathon in just 8 day's! It got worse after yesterdays long run (5k) it started hurting more then usual. After my run I stretched it out, then I went in my hot tub and put the jets on it to massage it out before going to work, by the end of my shift at work I was hobbling from the pain even wearing my orthotics.
When I got up this morning I couldn't put any weight on my foot/heel at all until I stretched it out, but it still hurts to walk. I have my foot in a boot now and hopefully in a few days the pain will go away with rest, stretching and ice.
As for my Marathon in 8 day's ????
At least I can still swim and bike still.
: )
Now it's time to let my secret out.......
For a long while I have had problems with my right heel while walking or running. I think it has to do with my right calf that I tore a year and a half ago. Since I tore my calf and since it's been healed, I have had tightness in my calf. I think this tightness is what is causing my heel pain. The tightness is probably scar tissue in my calf muscle which is pulling on my tendon causing the pain in my heel. I have had a little heel pain for some time now, but usually I stretch out my calf and the pain goes away in my heel. I usually stretch out my calf before doing any activity, specially running and diving, but this week it's not working.
Well now I have major heal pain and I can't walk or run on it, and I have my Marathon in just 8 day's! It got worse after yesterdays long run (5k) it started hurting more then usual. After my run I stretched it out, then I went in my hot tub and put the jets on it to massage it out before going to work, by the end of my shift at work I was hobbling from the pain even wearing my orthotics.
When I got up this morning I couldn't put any weight on my foot/heel at all until I stretched it out, but it still hurts to walk. I have my foot in a boot now and hopefully in a few days the pain will go away with rest, stretching and ice.
As for my Marathon in 8 day's ????
At least I can still swim and bike still.
: )
Friday, May 15, 2009
Bagged and wind blown
Yesterday was some windy day, the wind was blowing so hard it blew my stainless steel BBQ over and into my garden, no damage was done to the BBQ or my Tomato's, Whew!
Needless to say I bagged my bike and run yesterday, way to windy.
I ran today but now I'm getting heel pain in my right foot, eek! That's not good, not 9 days before my first stand alone marathon. I've been doing everything to it today from stretching my calf and Achilles, and hydro therapy in the hot tub with the jets massaging my calf heel and foot. and now it's painful to walk on specially at work. So I guess the agenda for this weekend is to rest elevate and ice to give my leg muscles time to relax and maybe ease up on my heal pain.
In the mean time I might get started at building the basement bedroom. I sort of put it on hold for lack of responsibility from my son and his girlfriend not looking for work seriously. I told them I'm not giving ANY FREE RIDES! they have to earn there keep and pay rent and buy food. I haven't taken any rent from them yet because they're not making enough money, but they have enough to buy there own food, yet they are still eating my food!
My son is working but at a temp agency doing factory work and not even full time, so when he's not working he hasn't made any effort to look for a real full time job, or look for another part time job to fill in the gap. He just watches TV or goes out to his friends drinking, meanwhile the girlfriend sleeps in until 9:30-10am because she's up all night watching TV, (but this is better then before, I mention to her that she won't find any jobs watching TV all night and sleeping in to noon or 1pm.) then when she is up, she sits and watches TV or colors all day long expecting a job to pop up out of the blue onto her lap, not realizing she needs to go out the door to find work. She's not going to find full time work anytime soon, so she should be looking for any part job or 2 until a full time job come available.
BUT YOU CAN'T TELL THESE KIDS ANYTHING! THEY JUST HAVEN'T GOT THE MATURITY OR DESIRE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT LIFE AND LIVING AS AN ADULT!
Well I gave them an ultimatum that starting June 1 they will be paying rent 2 1/2 months is long enough to live free and find some sort of job and it's time to get off there ass's!!
So I figure if i start building they will come......First thing I have to do is move the main water line to run through the joists in the basement where I will be building the bedroom, right now they are over the joist and I can't drywall the ceiling other wise. But this job will be hard as the weekends are cloths washing days and the water is needed, so I'll have to work fast.
Today's training...
Run 30min
and lots of leg stretching.
:)
Needless to say I bagged my bike and run yesterday, way to windy.
I ran today but now I'm getting heel pain in my right foot, eek! That's not good, not 9 days before my first stand alone marathon. I've been doing everything to it today from stretching my calf and Achilles, and hydro therapy in the hot tub with the jets massaging my calf heel and foot. and now it's painful to walk on specially at work. So I guess the agenda for this weekend is to rest elevate and ice to give my leg muscles time to relax and maybe ease up on my heal pain.
In the mean time I might get started at building the basement bedroom. I sort of put it on hold for lack of responsibility from my son and his girlfriend not looking for work seriously. I told them I'm not giving ANY FREE RIDES! they have to earn there keep and pay rent and buy food. I haven't taken any rent from them yet because they're not making enough money, but they have enough to buy there own food, yet they are still eating my food!
My son is working but at a temp agency doing factory work and not even full time, so when he's not working he hasn't made any effort to look for a real full time job, or look for another part time job to fill in the gap. He just watches TV or goes out to his friends drinking, meanwhile the girlfriend sleeps in until 9:30-10am because she's up all night watching TV, (but this is better then before, I mention to her that she won't find any jobs watching TV all night and sleeping in to noon or 1pm.) then when she is up, she sits and watches TV or colors all day long expecting a job to pop up out of the blue onto her lap, not realizing she needs to go out the door to find work. She's not going to find full time work anytime soon, so she should be looking for any part job or 2 until a full time job come available.
BUT YOU CAN'T TELL THESE KIDS ANYTHING! THEY JUST HAVEN'T GOT THE MATURITY OR DESIRE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT LIFE AND LIVING AS AN ADULT!
Well I gave them an ultimatum that starting June 1 they will be paying rent 2 1/2 months is long enough to live free and find some sort of job and it's time to get off there ass's!!
So I figure if i start building they will come......First thing I have to do is move the main water line to run through the joists in the basement where I will be building the bedroom, right now they are over the joist and I can't drywall the ceiling other wise. But this job will be hard as the weekends are cloths washing days and the water is needed, so I'll have to work fast.
Today's training...
Run 30min
and lots of leg stretching.
:)
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Another sunny day
The sun was shining, the birds were birding, and the flowers were flowering.....
Ahhhhh Spring!
I didn't do 10k run today, even with the weather as nice as it was, my damn knees were just killing me, so I only ran 5k.
Today's training...
Swim 1000m
Run 5k
: )
Ahhhhh Spring!
I didn't do 10k run today, even with the weather as nice as it was, my damn knees were just killing me, so I only ran 5k.
Today's training...
Swim 1000m
Run 5k
: )
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Good day to train
What a marvelous spring day! Sunny warm, high in the teens, perfect for training. Today I biked an hour followed by a 1.5km brick then went to the pool and swam a 1000m and dove for the rest of the time until I had to leave for work. I'm looking forward to tomorrow training as it's going to be warmer in the 20's and sunny, maybe I'll run a 10k after my swim? only 12 day until the Ottawa Marathon. ....hope I'm in shape?
Today's training...
Swim 1000m
Bike 1 hour
Run 1.5k
dive 1 hour
Today's training...
Swim 1000m
Bike 1 hour
Run 1.5k
dive 1 hour
Monday, May 11, 2009
Time to catch up and vent
Since Friday I've been in one heck of a mood. I get a call from the parks and rec recreation director Friday afternoon with a message on my phone that she is going on vacation until after the long weekend, and went on to say she wants to meet up with me when she gets back about diving and the diving boards.
I don't know what is going on? but originally when we met up and discussed the do's and don't on the boards she gave me approval to use both boards and to be able to do what ever dives I like for practice! When I went to the pool Friday before work after hearing my message I was told by the head lifeguard I can't go off the 3m board, Ok fine I'll stick to the one meter board for now, meanwhile I'm stewing inside saying WTF!! I have another competition coming up on the 29Th and if I can't practice? I will suck worse than I am now!!
What really pisses me off is the fact that the rec director leaves me hanging without explanation of what is going on with a message on my machine telling me she wants to meet with me, leaving word with the head lifeguard I can't use the the 3m board then goes off on vacation!!
I have a feeling this has all got to do with politics and liability, but WTF!! what is the purpose of putting in a recreation center with equipment that you're not able to use during recreation times!! I am a tax payer to!! and if this is about some persons complaining that they can't lane swim while I and others are diving!?!? then to bad for them!! There are 2 other rec centers that are more suited for lane swimming!! The Holly pool was built for recreation with the hot pool and water slide and of course the diving boards for diving!! not just lane swimming!!
I may be jumping the gun here, but what she did is really rude and inconsiderate. I want to do good for the city by giving my knowledge of diving and services to build a diving club with the city, but if I'm going to get yanked around with politics, and with all that I have been doing to meet the city's so called requirements? Little do they know, it doesn't take a weekend certification course to make a coach!! It takes years of experience and know how! which I have!! By god!! I was taught by a Canadian National Olympic diving coach and certified as an instructor and coach by said same person!! The mechanics of diving hasn't changed since I last coached!!
Am I pissed??? you bet I am!!
OK back to training, I have a marathon to do in less then two weeks....I didn't do a thing over the weekend except stuff myself at the Mandarin with family for Mothers day. ...Burrp!
Today's training...
Swim 1000m
Run 30min
I don't know what is going on? but originally when we met up and discussed the do's and don't on the boards she gave me approval to use both boards and to be able to do what ever dives I like for practice! When I went to the pool Friday before work after hearing my message I was told by the head lifeguard I can't go off the 3m board, Ok fine I'll stick to the one meter board for now, meanwhile I'm stewing inside saying WTF!! I have another competition coming up on the 29Th and if I can't practice? I will suck worse than I am now!!
What really pisses me off is the fact that the rec director leaves me hanging without explanation of what is going on with a message on my machine telling me she wants to meet with me, leaving word with the head lifeguard I can't use the the 3m board then goes off on vacation!!
I have a feeling this has all got to do with politics and liability, but WTF!! what is the purpose of putting in a recreation center with equipment that you're not able to use during recreation times!! I am a tax payer to!! and if this is about some persons complaining that they can't lane swim while I and others are diving!?!? then to bad for them!! There are 2 other rec centers that are more suited for lane swimming!! The Holly pool was built for recreation with the hot pool and water slide and of course the diving boards for diving!! not just lane swimming!!
I may be jumping the gun here, but what she did is really rude and inconsiderate. I want to do good for the city by giving my knowledge of diving and services to build a diving club with the city, but if I'm going to get yanked around with politics, and with all that I have been doing to meet the city's so called requirements? Little do they know, it doesn't take a weekend certification course to make a coach!! It takes years of experience and know how! which I have!! By god!! I was taught by a Canadian National Olympic diving coach and certified as an instructor and coach by said same person!! The mechanics of diving hasn't changed since I last coached!!
Am I pissed??? you bet I am!!
OK back to training, I have a marathon to do in less then two weeks....I didn't do a thing over the weekend except stuff myself at the Mandarin with family for Mothers day. ...Burrp!
Today's training...
Swim 1000m
Run 30min
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