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Author: Paul Radcliffe
May 8, 2013
Mississauga 10k Race Report
Surprise! Date Event Goal Time Chip Time Gun Time 2013/05/04 Mississauga 10k 1:07:00 1:03:39.4 1:05:59.0 For almost every race I’ve done, I publicly obsess about my race prep, goals and strategy. There are usually blog posts, social media posts and the requisite picture of my gear all laid out. This race was a very different story… I registered to run the Mississauga (full) Marathon way back in October 2012. Months later I also volunteered to be a pacer. However, as you probably know, I finally succumbed to an ongoing injury a month ago and I pulled out from pacing. However,[…continue reading]
May 7, 2013
Preliminary Diagnosis: I’m An Idiot
A lot of people have been asking me about my injury. I know a lot more now than I did when I had to stop running a month ago. I’ve gone through a battery of tests and seen a few specialists and I think I have a preliminary diagnosis: Posterior tibial impingement, compartment syndrome and tarsal tunnel syndrome. Let me go through the whole story… The Meandering Trail to Diagnosis The major symptom was that I felt numbness and burning in my calves and feet, particularly my left calf and foot, after running about 2km. I had a long[…continue reading]
April 23, 2013
Awesome UA Alter-Ego Shirts
Even though I’m not running, this feels like a taper. I tend to go stir crazy during taper. This taper stir craziness usually leads to me shopping. And this, more looking at race gear I may never be able to use… I geeked out yesterday a little about a couple of INKnBURN‘s neat shirt designs. Then I remembered something else that I saw on Facebook several months ago. Under Armour released a line of what they call their Alter Ego Baselayers. They are Marvel and DC Comics licensed products!! I’m totally fanboying over these… Oh man. These would be so[…continue reading]
