I think we need to re-title our blog to Marie & Lori’s 1/2 Ironwoman MIS-Adventures. I’m speaking for myself, anyway. No clearance from my Foot Doc to run. I walked 1.5 hours the other day and had slight swelling and pain. Still having problems with my neck. (Excuse my language but, WTF?) I’ve had a […]
Well, last Monday I had cortisone injections to the left foot and just now I am feeling such relief! I have felt like I’ve been walking on a golf ball since January and my foot was super sore after any kind of activity. My cousin Joe, a podiatrist, diagnosed me with neuritis, injected it and […]
OK, finally some relief from this neck pain. Again I must state that I would rather endure 24 hours of labor or a full Ironman race than to go through that again. I started taking a muscle relaxer called Soma before I go to bed and after only 5 days I feel soooo much better! […]
You know, I’ve been blocking this out of my mind for 2 weeks now. I still hurt. Every night I wake up with a pulsating pain that originates at the base of the cervical spine and moves outward. Getting out of bed in the morning is worse. All the muscles from the right side of […]
Well it didn’t start out as a funny story and as I was telling Marie how crappy I was feeling the other day, I thought maybe a short run would perk me up and as I ended up walking on and off the last 1/2 mile the UPS man stopped to ask why I was […]
Wow. So much for jumping right into training. I’ve never had any part of my body let me down before except my ears, that’s a whole other story. Exercise has always been my way of coping with stress and when I don’t have it….wow, watch out family! I’m going to try to run in spite […]