McFuzz's Mentor Group 2011 - CLOSED (Page 70)

ingleshteechur - 2011-03-11 7:30 AM

Here our school goes again...we have a student living in Japan as an exchange student, haven't heard anything yet. 

ETA:  heard from our student...he is fine, well away from the epicenter and far inland.  He is preparing for aftershocks, however.

suzimmer - 2011-03-11 12:29 PM

Well...saw the doc this morning. Not the news I was hoping for. I have a labral tear.  He is recommending surgery.  I can get PT and give it some time, but...  I need to ask about the possibility of this healing it on it's own.  I admit, I didn't ask the right questions.  Once I heard "surgery" "out for the season"  I ceased to process information.

To say I'm depressed and upset would be the understatement of the year.  I'm getting PT for the next 4 wks.  Still no impact, but can swim, cycle, water run, as long as it doesn't give me pain.  I have some decisions to make.

suzimmer - 2011-03-11 12:29 PM

Well...saw the doc this morning. Not the news I was hoping for. I have a labral tear.  He is recommending surgery.  I can get PT and give it some time, but...  I need to ask about the possibility of this healing it on it's own.  I admit, I didn't ask the right questions.  Once I heard "surgery" "out for the season"  I ceased to process information.

To say I'm depressed and upset would be the understatement of the year.  I'm getting PT for the next 4 wks.  Still no impact, but can swim, cycle, water run, as long as it doesn't give me pain.  I have some decisions to make.

McFuzz - 2011-03-11 1:51 PM

That's an understandable reaction (to stop processing information).  It's also understandable to be depressed and upset that 2011 isn't going to be the year of your dreams. 

On the plus side, it is a chance to try something new. 

stephsprint - 2011-03-11 1:51 PM Went to a real live Podiatrist who deals with athletes. Great guy. Took LOTS of xrays. I have a few issues and lot of inflammation BUT... I CAN RUN!! Very specific about how many miles, how often, how I warm up, lots of STUFF to do every day all day. I have some healed stress fractures and an extra sesamoid bone under the right big toe where the inflammation is. It's just good to know. As long as I follow the directions TO A TEE and take it easy, I can run. I have a shoe insert and some ibuprofen and an ice/stretch routine that looks MILITARY, but I can run. I cried all the way back to the office. I am never ever ever to run on concrete again. I met 3 runners in the waiting area. What a fun place to wait! Serious runners, one guy was pretty intense... I think he needs talk therapy and some ritalin personally.... he planned on asking the doctor if surgery would heal him quicker because he wasn't going to stop running. I love it, but I'm not THAT crazy. Anyway, I can do the brick with the team tomorrow, but I have to get up a half an hour earlier than usual to be ready. I'm so happy nothing is seriously wrong. And I'm glad I went before I hurt myself doing stupid amateurish things to "fix" myself.

suzimmer - 2011-03-11 12:29 PM

Well...saw the doc this morning. Not the news I was hoping for. I have a labral tear.  He is recommending surgery.  I can get PT and give it some time, but...  I need to ask about the possibility of this healing it on it's own.  I admit, I didn't ask the right questions.  Once I heard "surgery" "out for the season"  I ceased to process information.

To say I'm depressed and upset would be the understatement of the year.  I'm getting PT for the next 4 wks.  Still no impact, but can swim, cycle, water run, as long as it doesn't give me pain.  I have some decisions to make.

amd723 - 2011-03-11 6:07 PM

So sorry for you.  You deserve to be angry and depressed - for a bit, then get excited about new opportunities.  I know, easy for those of us not going through it to say.  Heal soon.

 

x2 what Ann-Marie said. So so sorry. I know pretty much how you feel having fractured my ankle in '09. It's just seriously sucky news. HOWEVER... you can SWIM! Swimming is great and you are going to become so good at if if you are putting your attention there... and cycling.

We have some great swims in NYC that take you into the Hudson river, around the statue of liberty, crazy stufff like that, maybe there are some fun swims in your neck of the woods, that might give your swim workouts some focus...

As for the depression, wallow in it for a while and then kick that sh*it to the curb and get on with exploring what this injury will bring you that is positive.

stephsprint - 2011-03-11 7:12 AM YAY!! still in the 160s here... barely. What's your ultimate goal range?

suzimmer - 2011-03-11 12:29 PM

Well...saw the doc this morning. Not the news I was hoping for. I have a labral tear.  He is recommending surgery.  I can get PT and give it some time, but...  I need to ask about the possibility of this healing it on it's own.  I admit, I didn't ask the right questions.  Once I heard "surgery" "out for the season"  I ceased to process information.

To say I'm depressed and upset would be the understatement of the year.  I'm getting PT for the next 4 wks.  Still no impact, but can swim, cycle, water run, as long as it doesn't give me pain.  I have some decisions to make.

stephsprint - 2011-03-11 8:13 AM WOO HOO! now if you could just balance a ball on your nose.... seriously though, that must make you feel like a fab swimmer.... you have really rocked the learning curve, WTG!!

Ree - 2011-03-12 1:19 AM

 

What makes you think I can't balance a ball on my nose?  

stephsprint - 2011-03-12 7:11 AM HA HA HA HA! You always give me a giggle! Happy Saturday everyone. Gosh....which sport will I do FIRST today? hmmmm

ricmachado - 2011-03-12 11:38 AM

So I went for a short ride this morning and since I fixed the cadence sensor I keept around 85 - 90rpm. It kicked my butt, my average speed was up but it was really hard to keep it at 85, I was confortable around 70 - 76.

 

Corncub - Speaking of shopping... I'm going to buy new sneakers today, my old ones are well, old.  I've been running in minimal shoes and I think I should have something with more support for these long distances -I think part of the discomfort I've had on my last couple of long runs could be due to the minimal shoes

discipleguideservice - 2011-03-13 1:39 AM

This so funny to us from the midwest... I can always tell where someone lives from their vocabulary.  You call them sneakers on the east coast, in corn country we call them running shoes

Anyways, I was having trouble with my knees and hips after about 90 minutes running last year with Nike shoes I bought at JC Penny's...  Went to a real running store, the set me up on a treadmill with a video camera, watched it in slow motion, got me the right kind of shoes, and no more pain.  Can run 2-3 hours in my Mizuno shoes with no problems.

ricmachado - 2011-03-12 11:38 AM

So I went for a short ride this morning and since I fixed the cadence sensor I keept around 85 - 90rpm. It kicked my butt, my average speed was up but it was really hard to keep it at 85, I was confortable around 70 - 76.   /QUOTE]

I was a gear cruncher too when I started with my coach.   Nothing magic about 90.  Some are higher, some lower.  But the 70s is too low probably to be efficient.  Low and you put too much on your legs.  Too high and you put too much on your lungs. You want a marriage of the two.  Try to incorporate drills with high cadence and single leg drills once a week.  Try short periods at 100 plus, like 5 mins at first...then 10...with five off, then 10 more...progress over a few weeks. I'm sure you can google high cadence drills and find great information.   Overtime, your average cadence will increase.  Important when we have to run off the bike.

stephsprint - 2011-03-14 6:13 AM Just posting to get us back to the top. How was everybody's weekend?