2008-05-18

Gorgeous day for a long run

ORN: 9 miles in 1:39:48. I ran slowly, and I took a walk break about every mile or mile and a half. It was my first really long run since the half marathon. All in all, I'm glad the weather was great, because it didn't feel very good. Right now, my plantar fascii on the right side is wailing. I'm limping around like a drunk on a listing ship.

The payoff for all my suffering was the heartbreaking appearance of a mother duck and her 11 ducklings crossing the street on Westport Road. They waddled along single file, and mama duck was looking around nervously at the two lanes of traffic she and her brood were stopping. I took the opportunity to cross the street but kept a respectful distance from them. They were adorable.

  1. Take Warning - Operation Ivy
  2. Scoff - Nirvana
  3. Corona - Minutemen
  4. Construction - Crimpshrine
  5. So Low - Nomeansno
  6. This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
  7. Bad Luck - Social Distortion
  8. Simmer Down - Bob Marley and The Wailers
  9. Tribute To Don Drummond - Rico Rodriguez
  10. Stop It, Girl - The Gruesomes
  11. Kids - Descendents
  12. Guns and the Young - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  13. Too Much Too Young - The Specials
  14. I Can't Do Anything - X Ray Spex
  15. Hearing Aid - They Might Be Giants
  16. Poison-Safe - Controller.Controller
  17. In The Beginning - K'naan
  18. High School - Isaac Green & The Skalars
  19. Star Bellied Boy - Bikini Kill
  20. Paraguayan Sun - Bim Skala Bim
  21. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
  22. Chicken Farm - Dead Kennedys
  23. Jailhouse - Bob Marley and The Wailers
  24. When I Call Your Name - Stranger & Patsy
  25. Freedom of Choice - Devo
  26. One of These Days - Operation Ivy
  27. Night Boat to Cairo - Madness
  28. I'm So Bored With The U.S.A. - The Clash
  29. Plastic Bag - X Ray Spex
  30. The Word - The Beatles
  31. Forty-Three Masonic - Foibles
  32. Hong Kong, Mississippi - Bodeco
  33. The Snakepit - The Cure

3 comments:

  1. Tried arch supports for the fascia? Or have you been wearing unsupportive shoes since it got warm and we all nabbed our flip-flops out of the closet?

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  2. I have. Not with this pair of shoes, though. And frankly, the Brooks haven't really cleared up the foot & leg pain I was starting to get as my last pair [Mizuno Wave Inspire] died. I keep waiting for them to "break in" but after about 140 miles, I'm beginning to think they might not be the shoes for me. Oh well. I'll limp into the store eventually and get something else. :-)

    I have been going barefoot more and wearing unsupportive shoes. I know that's a no-no for people with PF problems. But I have also been doing tons of plantar stretches throughout the day. Somehow, I believe that through force of will [rather than scientific evidence and sports medicine advice] I will get through this without better arch support.

    Yes, I am a dumbass.

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  3. Actually, I agree definitely with the stretches and with trying to strengthen the fascia by going barefoot. You know, 4000 years ago people were not wearing arch supports. I have a pair of vibram five fingers I'm using to help strengthen everything, but you have to do it very gradually ...

    As soon as you're ready, get your tush back in the store and lets try something else. Bring me the Inspires and the Adrenalines, just for kicks.

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