Inspirational, you've got to admire someone who can use grief to inspire them to something positive rather than to fall into despair. Can't say I've always been that strong.
....and I'm sure your not just there to stare at her chest like that either.
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Cool for you, Eric. And best of luck to your client. A marathon is tough, but the weather conditions she may be facing Monday will make it all the tougher.
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Were you able to help with that one leg that the doctor said was longer than the other?
We amputated it. She's going to hop 26.2 miles on Monday.
Kidding, of course. "Fixing" that leg-length discrepancy consisted of getting her out of the crap orthotics some podiatrist had convinced her she needed. Both her soft tissue guy (Dr. John Marchese, who is awesome) and I both agreed on this. Lots of aggressive soft tissue work and activation training, and she's come around nicely. It's impossible to get an endurance athlete 100% back to health when they're doing so much volume, so she's gotten the pro athlete treatment, so to speak. However, she's as close as she's going to get right now, and we'll finish the "fixing" after Monday's race.
We amputated it. She's going to hop 26.2 miles on Monday.
Kidding, of course. "Fixing" that leg-length discrepancy consisted of getting her out of the crap orthotics some podiatrist had convinced her she needed. Both her soft tissue guy (Dr. John Marchese, who is awesome) and I both agreed on this. Lots of aggressive soft tissue work and activation training, and she's come around nicely. It's impossible to get an endurance athlete 100% back to health when they're doing so much volume, so she's gotten the pro athlete treatment, so to speak. However, she's as close as she's going to get right now, and we'll finish the "fixing" after Monday's race.
Amputated? Shoulda just filed off an inch!
I figured that the 1 leg shorter than the other thing was mostly a poor diagnosis. I'm sure it's possible for one to be shorter than the other...
Kidding, of course. "Fixing" that leg-length discrepancy consisted of getting her out of the crap orthotics some podiatrist had convinced her she needed.
Eric, does this mean you think orthotics are generally crap, most of the time?? Just curious. I was prescribed orthotics for heel pronation (which caused me to have severe ITB problems) from a podiatrist recently. I specifically asked whether I could correct it with exercises, and he said it was structural. They do seem to help a lot so far, but I'm still doing corrective exercises for ITB problems recommended to me by Lisa~, Kevin Littler, and others on the forums. At any rate, I got a little suspicious when the podiatrist's office left THEIR bill of $75 for my orthotics on the package by accident, whereas they charged me $260 for them!
I just looked! 100% chance of heavy rain... low 40's... winds 18-23 mph. At least the temps are good??? That sucks for the runners.
My friend Laura was supposed to run it, but has opted out. Can you imagine sitting in Hopkinton for three hours in that weather?
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“Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, 'Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapeños.'"
My friend Laura was supposed to run it, but has opted out. Can you imagine sitting in Hopkinton for three hours in that weather?
Uh, no. Especially since there wasn't much shelter last year - maybe they put up more tents in cases like this. But they probably won't have tent coverage for the long lines to the porta-potties, which I swear is where I spent half of my Hopkinton time last year. LOL Weather seems to be the biggest problem with the Boston Marathon -- we were really lucky last year. It was perfect.
Eric, great story. I couldn't help but notice, though, that your right nipple is erect in the photo. Was it cold in the gym that day, or do you always react that way to the presence of a photographer? Anything you want to share?
Headed out to the trenches now. The rain is slowing down and the winds don't seem so bad, but no guarantee that it'll stay this way. Her first 5K was 29:47; she needs to pick it up (on pace for a 4:11:31 right now). I'll yell at her at Mile 19 to quit with the pacing crap and run hard.
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