X-ray vision
Week 8 of 18
OK, so I took myself to the doctor. X-rays showed no fracture and the Doctor diagnosed possible cartilage trauma. Der. He prescribed anti-inflams and advised me to exercise only to the point of pain onset.
I have trolled the CoolRunning and InjuryUpdate forums and concluded that running is one of the few exercises that I can actually be doing that probably won't aggravate the injury. Obviously rowers, swimmers and players of ball sports would have a tough time. But it WILL hurt. It's just a matter of how much. "Let pain be your guide" is what CR Dr JH said as he reported training for a major race with 5 broken ribs a few years ago.
So I will step up with the anti-inflams, increase my fish oil intake and start with the Glucosamine. I plan to go for a run on Friday for a couple of easy Kms with no vigorous arm actions (ie; flat track - no hills) just to see what happens. If I pull up no worse for wear then I plan to run my 21kms on Sunday as per Uncle Hal's program.
If that doesn't work - well I'll worry about that next week.
Mood: ---> 
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So, no vigorous arm action? Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode :-)
Hope the plan works Gronk.
I'd laugh but I don't think I should rib you about it ;-)
*groan* even I think that's pretty lame...
Mate good luck with the run on Friday - look forward to hearing the results.
You could run like the 'straight armed' Chinese 10k runner in the last Olympics.
That Dr JH is a tough bastard. I hope you can do it for Uncle Hal :)
Take care of yourself Gronk. You & I seem to have this connection - either we are both travelling well or neither of us are. How about we make a deal - no more problems for the rest of 2007????
It's good to hear there are no factures. Hope the Saturday run goes well.
No pain, no gain....
Oh, maybe thats not appropriate :-)
BTW.... Like the maps ;-)
Sorry to read of another injury, Gronk...you're a real devil for punishment!
Sorry to hear about the injury, but at least running isn't strictly contraindicated.
If you're up to the 21km on Sunday, consider a (boring) route on which you can get back home/to car easily without having to walk 11kms.
You're here for a long time, and need to set the gronkette's a good example for their marathoning.
Take care
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