Well, I’m injured again. As I write this, it’s been three and a half weeks since I’ve run. I don’t like it. I’m not happy. The problem is my feet. Both of them but mostly the right. I’m not sure …
Category: Injury
Trail Report: Carkeek Lollipop.
It’s easy to get caught up in the grandeur of the Cascade Mountains here. But one of the cool things about Seattle is trail(ish) running options within the city limits, nestled right in the midst of popular neighborhoods. They might …
Race Report! The Cougar Mountain 20 Miler.
We were supposed to have run the 50 km race but, as you might know from prior posts, we were injured for a long time and unable to train for the long distance. So, reluctantly but necessarily, we dropped back …
Injury Roundup and Next Steps.
After months of injuries, I am finally on the mend. Melissa has been much better, and had been running regularly for a month or so. I, on the other hand, have had several setbacks. As Melissa wrote in the Lake …
How We Prepare for a Day Trip.
While for the most part hiking and trail running are safe, fun hobbies, there are precautions that you really ought to take if you plan to be safe out there. If you’re doing a hike in a municipal park or …
Trip Report: Mount Pleasant.
Sunday we hiked up to Mt. Pleasant, which is a peak on a ridge that, together with Hessong Rock, forms a small massif-like formation just to the northwest of Mount Rainier, in Mount Rainier National Park. The way to get …
“Race” Report! The Park to Park Swim!
One nice thing about living in Seattle is that even when I can’t run (my hip is still injured), I have a lot of other things I can do. This past weekend, I participated in the Park to Park swim, …
Deep Frustration.
I mentioned during the Carkeek race report that my hip was bugging me. Well it turned in to a full-blown hip injury and as I write I haven’t run in almost three weeks. For a while I gutted through. But eventually …
Forced Recovery.
At first it’s easy to ignore. To explain away. There’s surely some innocuous reason for that twinge or that pain. Just keep going. But it doesn’t really get better. Maybe the pain is just there at the start. Maybe the …
Boundary Conditions 