Tagged ‘Injury’
- Overjoyed
This will be quick because I am just too overjoyed to sit still. Are you ready? Wait, will you take a deep breath and let out a loud “Yipeeee!” for me please? I came from another doctor yesterday (Dr. Canlas) to get a 2nd opinion on my meniscus problem and to have my right shin [...]
- New Year, New Injury
It was a Saturday so I was all set for my long run, 22km to be exact. Things were going smoothly—quite perfectly in fact—as I kept a steady pace below 6:30 and maintained my heart rate in Zone 3. The cool weather gave me an extra reason to smile (and a good excuse to keep [...]
- Spoke Too Soon
I made it to the Mizuno Run Club last night. But, disappointingly, I wasn’t there to run. Shortly after I published the previous post yesterday, I headed for SM to run errands. As I swept through the department store purchasing everything on my list in haste, I noticed my knee popping again. And again. And [...]
- When It Rains, It Pours
To say this week was slow would be an understatement. It was a dreadfully long-drawn-out and nasty five days for me: Sunday: 45 minute easy run in Ayala Alabang Monday: I skip my 5:30am run with Coach B and Annie due to soreness on my left knee. Coach B tells me to rest for two [...]
- Massage For Runners
Did you know that you can significantly improve your runs while lying down? Yes, experts say that you can run better, faster, and longer if you lie down and…get a massage, that is. The benefits of a massage for runners are numerous: increases blood flow to your muscles (in simple language, it “heats” the blood [...]
- Death of a Loved One
This will be a short entry as I am inconsolable as I write this. Kindly say a prayer for the death of a beloved—my fourth toenail on my right foot. His death came like a thief in the night. This morning, when I woke up for my early morning run, he was in the pink [...]
- My Knee Says “Click”
New runners often make the mistake of running too fast too soon. I was certainly not an exemption. Imagine, I forced myself to run as long as 15 minutes at a time without any previous running experience. I hadn’t felt any pain so I thought, hell yeah, my body can take it, let’s go for [...]
