This may seem random, given this blog is generally about health and fitness but bare with me and I will make the connection. Having been born in Huntington, WVA and leaving the area in 1987, I have never been what I would call “proud” of my home town. In fact, just the opposite. I couldn’t [...]
Archive for November, 2008
I Was Born A Truck Driver’s Daugher in the Hills of WVA….
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged excercise, fitness, Health, Huntington WVA on November 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
She Will Live to See Another Race!
Posted in My "Neurotic About Fitness" Persona, tagged Add new tag, health fitness running excercise goal setting, tibial stress fracture on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With an official diagnosis of a 90% tibial stress fracture (right leg only), I may yet realize my dream of running a marathon. I will only need to wear an air cast for three weeks, then one more week of no running after that, then to the doctor to have my running form video taped for [...]
Tomorrow’s Verdict
Posted in My "Neurotic About Fitness" Persona, tagged ex, marathon training, tibial stress fracture on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday I reported to the hospital for a bone density scan. This scan is supposed to definitively detect a stress fracture in my shin(s). The test itself was painless; A simple injection of some sort of “radioactive” material and I was told to leave and come back in three hours. I raced home (car, [...]
Cycle Mamma
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Nobody Said It Was Going To Be Easy!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 1, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Well, getting old just plain sucks! If that is a little too harsh for your taste, sorry-don’t read on. The truth of the matter is that in just a few weeks the Sun Trust Marathon will be happening and I had been hoping to run the half marathon portion of it right along with my [...]
