I've been running since I was a 7th grader in 1988. At Washington High School (Parkland, WA), I ran on the cross country team and did the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m in track and field.
In college, a hamstring injury and IT band pain ended my college competitive racing almost before it began. With the help of my cousin, Preston, who was in Physical Therapy School, my injuries healed and I began running again.
In the 2000's my goals shifted to attaining a BQ. After making nearly every mistake possible in the marathon, I finally BQ'd and then ran Boston in 2010.
Personal Records:
1600m: 4:31 (1992)
Marathon: 3:09:41 (2012)
Short-Term Running Goals:
Get my body weight below 180 lbs
Race a sub-40 10k
Consistently run 40+ miles/week
Long-Term Running Goals:
Sub 3 hour marathon PR
Race a sub 5 minute mile... one more time! (Last time I did it was when I was a teenager.)
Hamstring still sore, but it felt better as the run progressed. There were even a few times when I forgot about the injury while running around the lake.
ASICS Nimbus 13 Miles: 6.17
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From DLTheo on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:41:12 from 155.130.107.20
foam roller, foam roller!
From Carl on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 14:34:41 from 24.19.78.45
Good idea. I thought about rolling a couple of days ago, but never did. In the mornings, I've been actively stretching my hamstring by extending my leg out over the bed, and then doing a sort of trigger-point massage of the knot in the hamstring.
From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 18:33:49 from 24.18.125.122
"Stick"
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