BQ by 40

I have not done a very good job of sticking with one of my implicit goals:  stay injury-free.

In fact, I haven’t been able to even log mileage at this point.  After a few weeks in physical therapy, I’ve actually uncovered a second issue–looks like piriformis bursitis.  I guess that means that means that between that and the sacroiliitis, I’m doubling down on the sciatic nerve.  I went to the doctor today, just to confirm via multiple X-rays (I’m glowing now) that I don’t have any stress fractures.  The doctor’s preliminary thought is no, but he’s sending to the radiologist to double-check.  If symptoms don’t improve with physical therapy, I’ll have a bone scan to have a closer look.

In the meantime, I have several strengthening and stretching exercises to do, plus I can continue the pushups routine.

• Don't walk #twit2fit I walked 1.5 miles on the treadmill yesterday and 2.1 miles this morning outside.  That was enough to fire up some part of my leg on my left side.  So, for the next week, I'm not supposed to walk.  Or run, of course.  Nothing from a standing position.  Bike might......
• Reflecting on injury Here I am, for the second time in about 6 months.  My sacroiliac joint is messed up, and I'm fighting the urge to run. Okay.  I'm not fighting the urge at all.  I'm trying to pretend that everything is okay, and going out anyway.  That's the way it was on......
• The more I strength, the more I stretch I had a very broken up workout tonight, 4 hours in total--the only portion that I did in a solid stretch was the pushups + curls, in about 40 minutes combined. Strength only: Pushups 10x28, 1x23, 303 total. 13,053 since 12/28/2008 - 38 minutes, or one pushup every 7+ seconds.......
• Week 7 of the streak and injury analysis #twit2fit Start of week 7 of the streak Given the usual madness of holiday weekends, I didn't think the streak would survive this onslaught, but I not only got a run in, I managed to hit my target distance of 6.4 miles. Challenge #2:  I woke up with a stiff back. ......
• My first double run in a while #twit2fit Okay, it's not a classic double for me.  I rarely split runs into two separate runs unless I'm going past 90 minutes (usually not until 120 minutes).  However, I need to restrict my lunch run to 45 minutes and I also need to be able to run at slower than......

Tags: bursitis, piriformis