I was feeling snarl out loud cranky and hated everyone all of yesterday and into this morning and then I went running and ZOMG everything is better now sQUEE!

This is why I run.

It was the first time since I quit pt that I was able to run >2mi without shin splints: this happened both running outside and on the treadmill. Potential ( Read more... )

I don't know if my physical therapist could tell I was getting tired of coming in or if he'd planned to cut me loose all along, but yesterday was my last appt for a while. He listened to my questions, reviewed the page I'd found from the MRI doctor, made suggestions about future training, reviewed my at-home exercises, and showed me how to use the ( Read more... )

Fri morning, my fave track star didn't run away fast enough, so I shanghai'd him into watching me run on the treadmill. He commented that I run very inefficiently, in ways that might be aggravating my underlying ankle issues, but based on his comments, I'm thinking of hiring a running coach. I've taken running classes with NY Roadrunners, but ( Read more... )

This week has been sucking - work, nobody returns my emails, I'm so fat from the holidays, overwhelmed by how much self-improvement I'm doing, Bluebeard is a pigfucker - so I started writing the five happy things meme (I figure of all the signature items to steal from someone else's lj, this is least karmically bad, right? or is it the worst?) and ( Read more... )

Just noticed there was a letter in my MRI results. Cool! ( Read more... )

Friday was an awesome day. My minion did lots of work on my doom project; my then-crush called me (at work); and my dept head commented that CaseusUrsine calls me a rock star. This last was mixed, bc it means he knows what I look like, which is bad when I wander in late. oops. And then I found an amazing pair of shoes made of python and got a lead ( Read more... )

This is actually a great time to look at a list I made last week, of 5 Things For Which I'm Thankful:

• finding a bag full of Naturopathica samples, including a facial wash
  
• my sister noticing I've been "off" and calling me as she leaves work at 10:30 to chat for an hour about everything that bothers me.
  
• PT likes me so much, he kept my # around bc he ( Read more... )

Every time I visit the PT god, I'm shocked at how useless my doctors are.

He listened to my story as he filled out the paperwork, then checked the foot strength and range of motion. His explanations made more sense this time: Russ described my ankle problems as "a neurological deficiency" caused by my conformation. (There were some other big words ( Read more... )

It took the orthopod's office a week after the MRI to call me back to let me know they wanted me to come back in. I was eleven sorts of worried - why would they have me come to their office unless I needed to discuss surgery, right? Surely if it was just to pick up my MRI results and a scrip for pt, I could just stop by, right ( Read more... )

Poll three by three

I'm dubious about the last question: yes he was wearing penguin boxers, but last time he made a comment about my bra being too padded and this time he noticed I was walking out his door without pantyhose, so obviously he notices these details.

I was supposed to write a whole post asking for input on a winter hobby, but yeah. In case you were ( Read more... )