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Sep 14, 2008

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52 marathons, Overall winner 15 times, PR 2:20:25 at St. George 2013, Kona Ironman 2002, Zero DNF

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Bike Lifetime Miles:						8003.27
Elliptical Lifetime Miles:						1295.72
Stairmaster Lifetime Miles:						3252.63
Rowing Machine Lifetime Miles:						335.05
Swimming Lifetime Miles:						14.97
Treadmill Lifetime Miles:						1111.92
Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Lifetime Miles:						994.29
Saucony Kinvara 2 Blue Lifetime Miles:						528.18
Salomon SpeedCross III Lifetime Miles:						263.03
La Sportiva Vertical K Lifetime Miles:						78.50
Nike LunaRacer +3 Lifetime Miles:						129.20
Nike LunarLaunch Lifetime Miles:						319.30
Nike Pegasus 31 Light Blue Lifetime Miles:						640.75
Altra Lone Peak 2.5 Lifetime Miles:						99.50
Nike LunaRacer V3 Camo Lifetime Miles:						76.02
New Balance 890v4 Lifetime Miles:						41.25
Nike Pegasus 33 Lifetime Miles:						12.00

Sun, May 12, 2013

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Happy Mother's Day to all of the mother's out there!

For the last couple of weeks I have been tinkering around at the gym with some weights, a little rowing and few days of swimming. I am basically doing the least I possibly can and still keep my sanity. I saw another sports med doc at the U and he gave me my second cortisone shot which didn't do anything. The creaking on the outside of the knee is still as bad as ever. This is quite discouraging and limits me from doing anything requiring my knee to bend a lot. Running and biking just happen to be two of those things, which stinks.

On the bright side I have been able to spend lots of time in my yard so it looks nice and I get to spend extra hours at work which is always fun. I was also just introduced to Parks & Rec so if I get really bored I can start watching from the first season.

Comments

From scottkeate on Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:48:37 from 192.150.9.200

Hang in there!!! I can only imagine how crazy you must feel at times missing the exercise drug. You've been in my thoughts a lot lately and I wish you some good fortune in a strong recovery.

From Fritz on Wed, May 29, 2013 at 21:55:48 from 67.177.4.64

Thanks Scott. I am glad you are running well.

Most of all I miss the long Saturday runs with the crew. I am getting an MRI tomorrow and then Doc Matt will figure out a solution.

From bdase on Wed, May 29, 2013 at 22:24:05 from 160.7.242.251

I hope you find answers Fritz, and then wish you a healthy strong comeback.

From Jake K on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:20:46 from 67.177.11.154

I ran past your house this morning and was wondering if there were any updates... interesting timing, today being MRI day. I hope its something obvious but not severe.

Matt is the best guy to get a diagnosis from. We have his consultation note from when he saw Andrea last September sitting on the kitchen table, and he called the abdominal tear, despite it not being his area of expertise at all. And then for the next 8 months everyone told her no - it can't be that. Matt was right all along... the only one who was right.

From Fritz on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 15:19:14 from 65.116.116.6

Fortunately I don't think my problem is nearly as mysterious or complicated as Andrea's. The purpose of the MRI is just rule out a lateral meniscus tear which I probably don't have. If the MRI comes out clean then I am left with my IT Band syndrome which hopefully will go away without surgery. Could just take lots more time and patience (which isn't my forte).

Feel free to use my garden hose next time you run by my house. And if you need to use the bathroom I could tell you where I put my hide-a-key.

From Jake K on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 15:23:12 from 67.177.11.154

Never use the bathroom during training runs... it just teaches your brain that its ok to do it during a race.

But the garden hose could be useful... some people are actually pointing their sprinklers towards the grass instead of the road/sidewalk, so there are some patches of concrete and asphalt that aren't being properly watered. I could take the hose and make sure your entire street and sidewalks are getting a good soak.

From Fritz on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 15:30:06 from 65.116.116.6

I don't have sprinklers yet so my manual watering is typically only focused on what grows. But feel free to clean off my newly paved (so you don't trip while running) sidewalk if it looks dirty.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 16:17:12 from 69.28.149.29

Fritz:

Good sleep and diet are key to muscle/tendon/ligament/bone repair. That is about all you can do on your end to speed this up. That and removing stress out of your life as much as your circumstances permit. If you can swim, swim to maintain sanity.

Jake:

For me failure to use the bathroom during a training run would be absolutely disastrous :-) I blame it on my spinal problem - this is one of the symptoms of spina bifida occulta. So my only recourse during a race is to plan things well. But I do wish I could learn to hold it.

From Jake K on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 16:42:13 from 174.251.17.142

Yeah there are definitely times when there's nothing you can do, but on many occasions I've made myself very, very uncomfortable during runs to teach my body a lesson: get it all out beforehand, otherwise you will suffer. Might be all mental, but while I've had GI problems from time to time in workouts, it's never happened in a race. I probably just totally jinxed myself.

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