To start off our year right hubs and I ran in the local YMCA Frostbite 5k. Hubs had a new PR. 44:04. I on the other had did not. I finished just over a minute or so longer than my slowest 5k last year. I'm not too upset about it. I had rolled my ankle Christmas Eve and wasn't even sure I was going to be able to walk the 5k.
I pushed forward and took it easy. It was cold no big deal, I like cold races. It was wet no big deal, all my winter races last year were wet. It was hilly, no big deal there either if you find a flat course in the Middle Tennessee area I sure would like to know where it's at.
I finished in 56:07. The sweep guy was awesome at keeping me mostly on pace.
Recovery was a problem. It didn't help that I wasn't able to get a shower until 4 hours after the race, or that I got rained on. My feet were the thing I was really worried about. I was not recovering the way I had previously.
Oh sure I've had foot pain since I started running. I've tried different shoes, socks and inserts. I finally gave up and went to an orthopedic foot specialist.
Good news no stress fractures. Bad news my feet are 6 ways away from what a runners foot should be.
I am an over pronator, yup flat footed. It also doesn't help that I broke 4 of the 5 metatarsals when I was 10 years old some 27 years ago. Not only did they not heal properly but I was told they should have done screws to keep them in line. Go figure.
So my left foot and my right foot are two different problems sort of. Due to the being flat footed and wearing inserts and shoes for pronators it rolls the foot to the outside so that I'm running on my outer 3 toes, but then my foot rolls in to push off the big toe. I am striking the ground with outside and ball of my foot.
This is the cause of the sock troubles, the blisters on the instep and the sore ball. So I'm suppose to go and get these new uber inserts with a metatarsal bar built into each foot. These are suppose to help me strike correctly, and should get rid of the foot pain all together.
Now on to see if the almighty insurance company will pay for them.
Till Next Time
FCR and Hubs
One More Step, One More Mile, One More Finish. ©
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
New Poll Up right over ---------> There
Wow so excited for YEAR TWO here at Diary of A Fat Chick Running. Lots of new and exciting things are on the horizon for us. New races, focused training and best of all. We will be running monthly polls. If you answer the poll, leave a comment about your answer and you might just be the first SWAG winner of the year. We are going to try to do this EVERY month so you will have twelve chances to win something fun. Sometimes it might be running gear, gift certificates, or other fun SWAG!
So please join us in our kick off and take a moment and fill out the first SWAG poll of the year!
FCR and Hubs.
One More Step, One More Mile, One More Finish. ©
So please join us in our kick off and take a moment and fill out the first SWAG poll of the year!
FCR and Hubs.
One More Step, One More Mile, One More Finish. ©
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Welcome 2011!
We did not attend any fancy parties or wander around downtown Nashville till the wee hours of the morning ringing in the new year. It came softly in the night as I was in bed by 10pm. I was falling asleep in the computer chair and decided I needed to go to bed.
On this the first day of 2011 we are up early and ready for the first run of the year. The local YMCA Resolution Run this year entitled "So you want a resolution" we are registered for the 5k a nice short distance.
I hope that we can make this a New Years tradition starting the year off healthy and active.
We are looking forward to a year of blessings and trials and most assuredly a year full of happiness and love.
On this the first day of 2011 we are up early and ready for the first run of the year. The local YMCA Resolution Run this year entitled "So you want a resolution" we are registered for the 5k a nice short distance.
I hope that we can make this a New Years tradition starting the year off healthy and active.
We are looking forward to a year of blessings and trials and most assuredly a year full of happiness and love.
FCR and Hubby
One More Step, One More Mile, One More Finish. ©
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Road ID
Earlier this year I ran across an advertisement for Road ID. It in it's pure essence if a medical alert bracelet on steroids.
They have several different options for your needs.
Their standard product is an ID that is called the Wrist ID Sport it comes in two different versions. One is what they call an interactive version and the other is the standard version.
When purchasing my Road ID I chose the interactive version because of some of my medications that I take that might interact with emergency medical care. The difference between the Interactive and the Original can be found here. The Original has more lines of customizable text allows you to put immediate emergency info right on the face of the ID. The Interactive version lets you maintain and Emergency Response Profile or as the company calls it ERP.
The first year of ERP Interactive service is free after that it's $9.99 a year. Not bad for a profile that the emergency responders can get your updated info such at your full name, emergency contact, current medications your home address and any medical problems that may influence emergency treatment. I like that I am able to change it if my medical info changes. It allows me to move my Road ID with me where ever I move.
I cannot tell you about any of the other styles because I have the Wrist Sport ID interactive. When I got it I was so excited that I felt safer on my long lonely weekday runs. Knowing that if something happen and I couldn't give my info that it was just a call away. All right there for emergency responders to know what I could not tell them.
Never in a million years did I think that I would need such a service so soon. In my last post you can read about me passing/blacking out at the St. Jude's Half Marathon. In the middle of the EMT's removing me from the vehicle I was in, to the gurney I attempted to give them my Road ID with all my info, some how after handing it over to the EMT's it got lost.
I waiting until today giving whom ever found it a chance to call the number on the front (my husband's phone) to return it. Not hearing anything I went to the Road ID member site www.myroadid.com and reported it lost.
I later received an email with a company number to call about replacing the ID. I was fully expecting to pay for the replacement. James the gentleman that answered my call asked what happen and how did I lose it. I explained he then asked if it was okay to put me on hold for a moment, I said of course I don't mind being put on hold when asked so nicely, he came back and told me that Road ID would be replacing my ID free of charge. I was taken aback. He then apologized for the EMT's not handling it properly.
I was not expecting for the company to replace my ID. He explained that sometimes EMT's are not trained properly and that it wasn't my fault they miss handled it. Still astonished he asked if it would be okay for the company president to call me back, explaining that he liked to call back when issues like this happen to customers.
I am now completely in love with Road ID as a product and as a company. Any company that takes the time to educate emergency response personnel about the use and purpose of it's product and then stands by it's product when NOT used properly is just simply amazing. This is really above and beyond just the basics.
One would expect for something this great to be expensive but really for twenty bucks and ten every year after that just to ensure I don't end up a jane doe if something happens is well worth the peach of mind.
This is one investment that I will be sharing with friends and family. The great news is that they are launching a child's ID sometime after the new year. Can't wait to get one for each of my niece's and nephews.
Please if you spend any amount of time running by yourself this is a must have product!
FCR
One More Step
One More Mile
One More Finish
St. Jude's Memphis 1/2 Marathon
Some of you know from facebook that I had some issues.
Had a great pre race pasta dinner with Cari and her family, Bob, his wife and K'Leetha. Felt really good about the next day. Not stressed that I could tell. Made sure that I drank plenty of water the night before and morning of. I wanted to make sure that I was hydrated and didn't have any problems with hands swelling and knuckles being black and blue this time.
Got up that morning nice and early so that we would have time to get to the parking lot close to the start/finish, and make sure we had the gear we needed, and to meet up with Bob and K that morning. We somehow missed them.
It was nice that we could place ourselves in a corral, we chose a bit of a faster pace than either of us run so that we would have time to get settled in before our actual pace group left.
Cari and I hugged and wished each other luck with our own races. And headed out.
Surprisingly I stayed with the main pack for about 5 miles. I was finding out that I needed to stop at the water stops and use the facilities more often but that gave me cause to pick up the pace and keep up with the pack. I felt really good other than that. at about mile 7 to 7.5 I was still doing okay I was at about 2 to 2.5 hours which I was happy with at mile 9 that would put me at about 3 hours with gas left to knock out the last 4 miles at a decent clip. That's when things fell off track.
I stopped just past mile 8 to adjust my laces due to swelling, this is a normal stop for me nothing new, then headed into the park. About mile 7 I picked up a friend to run with. Extremely lucky I did.
I don't remember much about running through Overton Park but I do remember coming out the other side and looking for directions on where to go next because all the race signs and such were gone. At about mile 10 I remember sitting down because everything was really wavy and getting dark around the edges.
The next thing I remember is waking up in an emergency runners transport truck with no idea how I got there from the point I sat down. Talk about terrified. The EMT's got me to the field hospital and check vitals and such, gave me a banana and asked me again where I was who I was and such. When they first go to the truck I was still hazy on what had happen and how I got back to Autozone Park.
Needless to say I did not finish this race. I am still hazy about parts of the final two miles I did complete. I remember music and smelling bread.
After talking to a friend in the medical field it sounds as if I my electrolytes were all messed up, the banana helped.
I guess as Bob said when I ran into him and K after they had finished it was a good day for a training run.
I am more upset about passing/blacking out than I am about not finishing. Because it means that I'm not doing something right. I'm going to spend the next couple of days working out just what I need to do to hydrate my body and keep my electrolytes in balance as well as finish strong.
I'm looking forward to the Frostbite 5k, The Fangtastick 5k and possibly Tom King again. I and rededicating myself to proper training and not slacking off by only doing the bare minimum miles. I am going to work on those first 8 miles, and push past that mile 8 wall.
FCR
Had a great pre race pasta dinner with Cari and her family, Bob, his wife and K'Leetha. Felt really good about the next day. Not stressed that I could tell. Made sure that I drank plenty of water the night before and morning of. I wanted to make sure that I was hydrated and didn't have any problems with hands swelling and knuckles being black and blue this time.
Got up that morning nice and early so that we would have time to get to the parking lot close to the start/finish, and make sure we had the gear we needed, and to meet up with Bob and K that morning. We somehow missed them.
It was nice that we could place ourselves in a corral, we chose a bit of a faster pace than either of us run so that we would have time to get settled in before our actual pace group left.
Cari and I hugged and wished each other luck with our own races. And headed out.
Surprisingly I stayed with the main pack for about 5 miles. I was finding out that I needed to stop at the water stops and use the facilities more often but that gave me cause to pick up the pace and keep up with the pack. I felt really good other than that. at about mile 7 to 7.5 I was still doing okay I was at about 2 to 2.5 hours which I was happy with at mile 9 that would put me at about 3 hours with gas left to knock out the last 4 miles at a decent clip. That's when things fell off track.
I stopped just past mile 8 to adjust my laces due to swelling, this is a normal stop for me nothing new, then headed into the park. About mile 7 I picked up a friend to run with. Extremely lucky I did.
I don't remember much about running through Overton Park but I do remember coming out the other side and looking for directions on where to go next because all the race signs and such were gone. At about mile 10 I remember sitting down because everything was really wavy and getting dark around the edges.
The next thing I remember is waking up in an emergency runners transport truck with no idea how I got there from the point I sat down. Talk about terrified. The EMT's got me to the field hospital and check vitals and such, gave me a banana and asked me again where I was who I was and such. When they first go to the truck I was still hazy on what had happen and how I got back to Autozone Park.
Needless to say I did not finish this race. I am still hazy about parts of the final two miles I did complete. I remember music and smelling bread.
After talking to a friend in the medical field it sounds as if I my electrolytes were all messed up, the banana helped.
I guess as Bob said when I ran into him and K after they had finished it was a good day for a training run.
I am more upset about passing/blacking out than I am about not finishing. Because it means that I'm not doing something right. I'm going to spend the next couple of days working out just what I need to do to hydrate my body and keep my electrolytes in balance as well as finish strong.
I'm looking forward to the Frostbite 5k, The Fangtastick 5k and possibly Tom King again. I and rededicating myself to proper training and not slacking off by only doing the bare minimum miles. I am going to work on those first 8 miles, and push past that mile 8 wall.
FCR
One More Step
One More Mile
One More Finish
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