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stevebradley - 2010-06-23 5:50 AM STEVE again - In general, are you feeling in line with Vineman? Are you and it on separate pathways leading to Perfect Convergence? July 18, yes?

stevebradley - 2010-06-23 11:53 AM



TRACEY again -

A few thoughts on your foot and the podiatrist:
(1) Do you think he's one of those guys who feel that we athletes "bring this on ourselves"? That might explain why he hurried you through the session.
(2) I have heard that sometimes it takes several injections before something positive happens......but that was not the case with me.
(3) As you said a few weeks ago, if these things get too advanced, nothing much will shrink them down to a manageable size; at least, that's the case with many neuromae.
(4) I share your concern about anti-inflammatories*, although a 10-day trial might be okay. I say that with the thought in mind of managing the thing for the rest of the season, and with an eye towards surgery in the off-season.


* I do not have a very addictive personality (well, I race too much........ ), and I guess that is part of what is behind the fact that I am probably the only adult my age that you know who has never been drunk or stoned. BUT, back in '95 I went through a couple of months where I had bad earaches and the fairly-frequent nasty headache, and to ease my misery I took aspirin -- which I had done all my life for various problems, and with no adverse effects. I didn't keep track of how many I took, but I was doing enough to "manage" the ear and the head. If either of those hurt at midnight before I went to sleep.....I took an aspirin or two; I didn't even think about things such as "empty stomach".

At some point a few months into this regimen, I began to feel constant "hunger pangs", and eating didn't minimize them.. This came to a head one evening when I felt a "pop" in my stomach.....and then a few days later started having bloody bowel movements. By now I think you know where this is going, and the end of it was having to rush into emergency with a bleeding ulcer, and that led to a couple of days in the hospital and an endoscopy.

The lesson there was that addictions can be mighty tricky things, and in hindsight it was clar that I had developed an addiction to aspirin. It wasn't a craving or a clinical dependency....but as a "management tool" it sure caught up with me quickly and dragged me along for an unplanned-for ride! I am constantly aware of my stomach, always on the lookout for any sign that things are not right. There has not been a recurrence, but then again I have not had an aspirin since early '95. I eschew acetosalicylic acid (I know I have misspelled that), but can handle Advil okay. And anything with acetaminophen in it is fine.

Long story, but just in support of your concerns about getting hooked into anything that is potentially harmful to the stomach (or liver, for that matter).

latestarter - 2010-06-23 12:04 PM SHAUN,

Good luck at Welland this weekend!!  I'm thinking we might drive down to watch to the event.   It would be fun to cheer you on.    If we do, I will make sure I track you down.  

stevebradley - 2010-06-23 1:10 PM DENISE - Desperate times call for desperate measures? It sure isn't optimal, but I can usually survive it okay. I keep telling myself that it's the quality of sleep the night before the night before that matters.....but that doesn't always lead to a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed few hours before the race! I used to be a real "road warrior", doing insane drives to and from races (remind me to tell you about Atomicman, or Muncie, or a few others sometime!), but my ability to do that with seeming impunity has declined dramatically in the past tow or three years. It's kind of frightening, and depressing, but on the other hand it really IS more sensible to avoid moronic drives if at all possible. I think.

smarx - 2010-06-23 2:38 PM SteveB, Anne, Mandy,

Hope none of you were afected by the earthquake today.

I'm sure Steve and Lynn felt it though as the epicenter was 61km (38 miles) north of Ottawa. Lynn I believe works near or in Ottawa and they live about 60 km away in Casselman.

I did not feel anything down here in MI. But apparently Windsor which is 30 miles from me did feel it.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/earthquake-shakes-ontario-us-states/article1614941/
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/06/23/tor-earthquake.html

stevebradley - 2010-06-23 4:19 PM



TRACEY -

Treadmills aren't the best thing for the true Newton experience, so if you can venture outside in them, do so. Remember, the 60-day trial period is on them! Of course, it's best to take them on a "clean" road just for the sake of decency and fair play and not wanting to abuse their generosity, but I'm sure you've got lots of those around you!

Somewhere on th website they have a blurb about treadmill running, and they give a reason or two why treadmill running isn't the best way to use them. No harm can come from 'mills, but they don't encourage the full use of the lugs and the Active Membrane technology. I think they say that hard surfaces engage the technology most effectively.

Have you tried your speed laces with them? And I only bring my laces up to the frontmost of the holes that are in the little plastic piece, and have even experimented with not even using that hole.

Have fun with 'em! (And that green color isn't all THAT bad.....is it? ;) ;) )

stevebradley - 2010-06-23 12:25 PM ANNE - Thank you ---- and another first place IS the plan! Mostly, though, I'm after some time gains. I did it as an informal aqbk in '06 and as the full thing in '08. My swim times were 18:18 and 19:01, and bike times were 59:52 and 59:16. I am REALLY gunning for a better bike time, but the swim has me worried. My last couple of swims have been quite crappy, I don't really know why. In '08 I had my worst-ever oly run, at 50:29; I just felt clunky for the whole darn thing. I ended up 1/7 in the a.g......but it sure wasn't on the strength of a scintillating run! My goal is to ride the bike very hard and then push the run to its limits. The good test here is that it an oly run after a less-than-oly bike --- a challenging bike course, but still less-than-oly-length --- so it will involve a mindset that is aiming for a 10km tri-run, but after just 18.6 miles on the bike. So, mind over matter, or mind over misery. A downside is waking at about 2:45-3:00 to drive there and arrive before 6, where they're holding a spot for me until then. Another reason for going all-out down there is that the race fee is $145US, which is steep for a sprint-olympic "hybrid" and that better demand an effort on my part! But weariness might be a contributing factor, but i hope to arrive at 6, get set up, and return to the car for a 30-minute power nap. Yaaaaaawn! We'll see how it plays out! How's the knee feeling, post-Guelph?

lufferly - 2010-06-23 10:13 PM Fresh off the press, it's official!!  There will be an Ironman in The Woodlands Texas next year ... May 21, 2011!

http://ironman.com/texas/

LISA