paulradcliffe.me archive
Category: General Running and/or Fitness
August 19, 2012
Before A Midsummer Night’s Run
Perhaps I should make demonic summoning part of my usual race prep… And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate’s team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream… -A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare Full race report and technical report about the wings to come.
August 14, 2012
Combining to get re-motivated
So I’ve been pretty bad about being healthy in general for the last couple of weeks. Got shot down twice in a week and my spirit just tanked. I fell into a massive Pokémon relapse. I hadn’t played in over 5 years. But, a trip to the store for a used game and too much time on eBay and I wound up with not one, but TWO Pokémon games for my DS (newfangled version of a Game Boy). The hours I put into playing were probably therapeutic, but ruined my sleeping schedule. My workouts were limited by recovering from injury,[…continue reading]
July 27, 2012
Don’t Believe I Got Injured…
I don’t believe it, but I am injured. After a set of running drills and hills on Tuesday night, I felt some soreness in the bottom of my left foot. I suspected it was the early stages of plantar fasciitis so I did my usual foot stretches and massage. When I woke the next morning, the top of my left foot had seized. It was uncomfortable to even walk! In retrospect, while doing length swimming on Monday, I did quite a few turns pushing off the wall with only my left foot instead of both. This poor habit once caused[…continue reading]
