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Well, on the personal front...as I watch my Denver Broncos get killed by the Chicago Bears and Jay Whiner Cutler...

I am still suffering from hip/lower back pain caused by my Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction. I am doing the exercises and stretches prescribed by my physical therapist as well as some good videos on You Tube. After bring to the physical therapist 2 times for this I felt that I had it under control, however after the San Diego Marathon I stopped doing the exercises and stretched and now that I have started to get somewhat serious about my running the pain is back as bad as ever. But I am serious about doing the Denver marathon or at least half marathon and I will keep doing what I need to do . I have found some stretches and exercises that really seem to help, and as soon as I can get Lyndsey up to pulling my right leg as hard as she can to try and snap my SI joint into place, I feel that I will be doing well. Right now if I keep it at 10:30 per mile or slower I feel ok, but faster or downhill will cause a real pain in the joint and lower back.
If I go back to Denver I will go on another Invesco Field tour and spend the day at the best brewery anywhere, Great Divide. Try the 15th anniversary, it is the best beer I have ever had.

Do you need proof that American can run with the worlds best? watch Ritz...




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Getting old is not cool...

Getting’ old sucks.

Okay, so the pain in my hip and lower back has returned and is just as painful and bothersome as ever. I have done my stretching and for the most part kept the exercises going, even joining the gym when it opened up.

So I am now in a dilemma. Do I go back to physical therapy again, and go through 6-8 weeks of therapy which will place me in an area where doing the Denver marathon or even half marathon will not be possible, and I will be way behind if I decide to run the PF Chang’s marathon in January. Or do I move ahead and run very slowly (making me an even slower runner) and try to keep some level of fitness and endurance built up hoping that things will start to fix themselves with continues stretches, exercise, and using my new state of the art ice/heat machine?

After a few days of reflection and coming to grips with the reality of my mood and attitude have sucked big time lately, I guess that I will bite a bullet and go out running slowly. My past PT’s have told me that when it flairs up to run slower and in fact running will have a positive effect on the injury and will strengthen and fix the problem. The only thing I don’t have access to is the ultrasound machine to run over the area a few times per week. That seemed to work magic last time as I felt ready to run after being worked on last time, even if I came in with severe pain. Maybe I can “borrow” the one at the PT’s office inside the gym. Go into Michael Westen mode…

Anyway, so that is my plan. Becoming a runner that must swallow my pride, forgo speed work and avoid long extended hills and take things nice and slow. It bothers me to some extent as I don’t like the idea of training just so I can finish an event, but that is where I am at. Maybe later on I will feel well enough to ramp up the speed and hills to really push myself and see how much progress I can make.

If there are any PT’s out there in my area or that work in a mobile environment, think I can train hard while receiving treatment, and work with insurance, give me a call!


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