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Tim Preble (@TimPreble) – UltraRunner and Endurance Athlete

Tag: Injured

  • Trying to get back in the saddle

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    After trying some not so smart training techniques I think I am finally able to start regular training again.  Today was my 1st 2-a-day runs and all seems to be well.  With GDR so close i am a little worried about finishing injury free.  U100 is still the “A” race so if anything happens during GDR I will have to DNF.  Let’s hope and pray that all goes well.

    i have continued my strength training and have added in a new knee rehab routine which has seemed to help.

    Todays Runs: Run #1 was at the gym (Soft Miles) on the treadmill. Did 15 min of 8:45 pace at 2.5% incline the rotated between 5 Mins at 15% incline & 14 min/mile pace (100 pace) and the regular 8:45 @ 2.5% incline. Total of 35 min. No Idea on the miles.

     

  • Finally…

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    YAY!  Back on the run.  After 2 weeks of absolutely no running it was nice getting back to it.  Nice easy 30 min on the treadmill.  Now stretch and Ice.

    Note: I have been diligently in the gym strength training.  We have added in a leg day which last week worried me a little bit.  On the 3rd set of leg press my legs started cramping really bad so I immediately stopped.  After sleeping that night I was just sore but no pulls or anything.  At this point in the game I think it is going to be all about listening to the body and stopping BEFORE the body make me.

     

    Monday: Chest – Flat, Incline dumbbell, dumbbell fly

    Tuesday: Legs – Extensions, hamstring curls, leg presses, calf raises (Reg, outer, inner)

    Wednesday: Bi / Tri

    Thursday: Back (pull-ups 7’s descending to 1)

    Friday: Nothing

  • Derby 50K DNF / DNS Race Report

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    1st, please let me start this post out by saying that I am extremely blessed to be doing the things that I do.  I am, for the most part, a very healthy and active person.  Additionally I am even more blessed to have a very healthy, happy and supportive family!  Their health and well being is #1 priority.  Now with that all said I can go on with my DNF / DNS Rant.

    The Good
    The experience from the very start until the very end was one that I will never get tired of.  This group of Ultra Runners down in Ellerbe, NC are the best bunch of people that I have met.  In every event they seem to inject themselves and thir personalities into the very essence and under the guidance of Mark Long “The Derby” was no diffrent.

    The Bad
    ME, I was the bad this time.  After injuring myself last weekend at CR24  I should not have even come to this event.  But once again as well all know I can be bull-headed.  Lots of pain in my knee, ankle and foot.

     

    The story
    After hitting the snooze on the alarm one too many times It was time to get up and head out to Ellerbe, NC.  I was to meet up with J. Jackson at the Hardees in Carthage at 6:30 and leaving the house at 5 after was going to make it tight.  However I rolled up just a min or two late and we were off.

    Derby 50kOnce we go there we found a parking spot and started getting ready.  The 1st person that I saw was non other than Mark Long.  We stopped and chatted for a few moments, Picked up my Derby mug and found my race number.  The church was wonderfully heated and was very

    welcoming as it was about 34 deg outside.  Back out to the truck I went, got all my stuff out on my tail gate fill the Nathans up and put in Nuuns in. No sooner did I do all that when my buddy Will rolled up asking jokingly “Is there a race

    Will

    around here ??”   I finished getting ready and headed inside to make a final rest room stop and put my shoes on.

    The start of the race was very MTCish and if you were not paying attention you might have missed it.  Ready, set, GO! and off we all went like a heard of charing turtles.

    The course was a 10.5 mile loop in Richmond County with mostly easy rolling hills and only two of those hills were steep.  The course followed mostly old country roads and had one section (about 2.5 Miles of hard packed dirt. I really did not know where i was until I saw a sign say “Sycamore Lodge”….wait a minute I know where we are!  I have camped here with my buddy Mark!

    Soon after that things went from bad to worse, my ankle was starting to swell and get really stiff.  I figured that well, I can walk for a while then slow jog it out and everything will be ok. Guess what….that didn’t work either.

    When I finished the 1st lap I figured I was in for a long day so I changed into warmer clothes and a different running beanie and I was out for lap two.  Unfortunately that did not last very long.  I was in extreme pain, on the pain index of somewhere between a 7 and 8, not good.  When I got to aid station 1 again everyone asked if I was ok to which I answered no and asked if I could sit down…..BIG MISTAKE!!  Whatever you do, if you want to finish a race DO NOT SIT DOWN, i repeat, do NOT sit down.  Once I sat down I realized that my race was over.  I was offer some BioFreeze from my friend Gene, which I applied, but that didn’t do anything.  Shortly after that I embraced my fate that this race, “The Derby” 2012 would go down as my 1st official DNF (Did not Finish).  However at this moment I am going on record to state that this is also a DNS (Do Nothing Stupid) move for me.  With Weymouth Woods in Jan & two MAJOR races in April (Ga Death Race & Umstead 100), I think this was the best move I could have done.

    All in all, Derby…I WILL see you next year.  Great Race, Great Course, Great People.  I think that about wraps it all up.

     

    Peace out!

     

     

  • Dr’s Bone Scan Review

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    It’s Thursday and that means bone doctor follow day!  So here is how it went down.
    I took off work a little early and drove up to Cary but unfortunately I had to pull my big trailer with me.  You see this Friday & Saturday we are embarking on an 2 day overnight 2 kayaking trip with some friends from church and I had to go and pick up these 16 ft long boats…anyhow back on topic.  I had my trailer with me and in typical fashion I get turned around and eventually lost.  Now I’m driving through downtown Cary with this big trailer, trying to call the dr’s office it was bad.  UGH,  I finally got in touch with them and got directions, it seems that I was only about 2 min. away.  I checked in an soon enough I was back in the room waiting for the Doc.
    He walks in asking how I was feeling and what I had been doing.  Told him everything was great and felt fine, we talked about my steroid injection for a little bit and he seems to be on the same page as me.  As long as I’m smart and I stretch & Ice that area the inflammation should not return.  Then it was time to look at the bone scan.
    To my amazement he said OH that looks good!  I was a little confused but then he proceed to tell me that if it was a full stress fracture the “Hot Spot” would extend all the way across the bone and mine did not.  Good news!!  After a few min more of conversation we started talking about my running schedule.  The doc prescribed me taking it easy for the next couple of weeks but I could start running again.  Keep the mileage under 20 for the week for the next 2 weeks then I can start to edge it up.  Also keep the intensity low and with that off I went.  More to come on this after my 1strun!
    Bone Scan

  • Monday Mileage

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    Well in the spirit of keeping the blog updated I guess I better say something today.  In typical fashion I would like to write about all the awesome trail miles I put in along with all the road miles I am running with Weymouth Woods bearing down on me (Jan 19, 2013) hahah…..but that is not going to be the case this week, again!  I will share that I have put in about 20 miles on the elliptical last week, does that even count?

    Anyhow, last week I completed my bone scan now it’s time to wait for the radiologist to read and write a report on it then send it to my Dr for my appointment on Thursday.  Hopefully only good news will come out of this but we will see.  I am already committed to run the Army Ten Miler in late October so I hope I will get cleared for that.  If not I guess the wife and I will just have to go up there and enjoy the city without running since I have already booked and paid for our lodging.

    Today’s workout included
    Lunch
    Dumbbells Flat – 55#, 65#, 75#
    Dumbbells Incline – 55#, 60#, 65#
    Close Grip (EZ Bar) Press – Bar + 35#, 45#, 35#

    Afternoon
    60 Min on the Elliptical Level 10 of 20 Random Program
    Single Arm (R) ISO Bench Press 45# X 3 Sets of 15
    Single Arm (R) ISO Incline Bench 45# X 3 Sets of 10

    I hope everyone has a good and Safe running week.  Until next time!

  • Doctor Time

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    This morning I went up to Cary Ortho to have a fresh pair of eyes look at the pain I am having in my leg.  I would say it’s a stress fracture but strangely enough I can produce the same pain in either leg by pushing on the same spot.  Soooo off to the orhto I went.  The Office staff and the Dr were very nice and we went through all the normal question and answer stuff along with the traditional x-ray.  The x-rays came back and looked good.  No visible stress fractures but we really did not expect to see anything on the x-ray now did we.  So the doc proceeded to twist, push and pull a little more asked me to hop and walk then said we need a bone scan to get the final ruling.

    If this is a false SFX alarm then we can figure out what we need to do to get me back training.  If it is a SFX then what are we going to do to keep my fitness level up during my “REST” (evil word) Period.  More to come on this topic after my bone scan.

    While I was there I asked him to take a look at my right kneed.  Ever since Boogie I have had this really sore spot on the medial (inside) spot on my knee.  My self diagnosis, which is ALMOST 100% on, said it was a  Pes anserine bursitis or simply put an inflammation of the inner knee where 3 tendons insert into the bone and the Bursa sac behind the tendons has become inflamed and very angry.  As I suspected I was correct and the doc gave me a cortisone shot to help calm things down.  After the shot he said, Oh ya, this might be a little sore for the next 3 days and BOY IS IT EVER! hahah

    So now we cross-train and wait until the Bone Scan & results are read.

  • Monday Mileage – ya right

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    Well, this is where I had planned on posting up my previous weeks mileage…however since I have a (Self Diagnosed) stress fracture there will be none of that!

    Ugh, there is nothing worse than having beautiful weather, lots of friends running EVERYWHERE & posting their adventures AND having a Major Race (Weymouth Woods 100k)  just 117 days away.  This injury is going to set back my training by 6-8 weeks maybe even more since I will have to comeback slowly…..

    Just to make things worse I have been cross-training on the road bike and just broke another spoke on my rear wheel, now I have to wonder….What am I doing wrong??

    Today marks the start of a new training routine I have put together.  Let’s hope that the activities do not have any pain associated with them ’cause if they do I will again have to figure something else to do…..

    Additional Note: I need to find a good Yoga / stretching routine that I can incorporate into my mornings.  If anyone has a suggestion please let me know!

    Weekly Workouts
    Monday- Lunch Strength Training: Chest (Flat Bench, Incline Bench & Flys)
    Monday- Evening: 60 Min on the Elliptical

    Tuesday- AM: I may try and get up & go to the gym and swim or put in time on the elliptical
    Tuesday- Lunch Strength Training: AB Ripper + Biceps & Triceps (Ind. moves in later posts)
    Tuesday- Evening: Group Run which I will be supporting & not running.

    Wednesday- Lunch Strength Training: Weighted Wed.  Back day.  Pull-ups & lots of other back exercises.
    Wednesday- Evening: 60 Min on the Elliptical

    Thursday- AM: I may try and get up & go to the gym and swim or put in time on the elliptical
    Thursday- Lunch Strength Training: AB Ripper + Legs
    Thursday- Evening: 60 Min on the Elliptical

    Friday-
    Friday- Lunch: 30 Min Hard Elliptical

  • Still Resting

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    Well I’m still resting, sort of, but had a nice run today.  Did the same route as yesterday but alone.  Pace is getting back to normal as I ran a 7:30 avg today.  Still have some medial pain in the right knee but is getting much better AND since I have been off the NSAIDs my stomach is feeling a lot better.

    Race in FL next week, still not quite sure if I am going to do it or not.

    OH, today is the 19th Annual  Hard Rock 100.  If you get a chance check out iRunFar on Twitter as they are providing awesome coverage of the event!

    L8R

  • Open Water

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    Well it’s Monday again and without the possibility of running I had to do something to expend this cooped up energy!  As Chance would have it one of my friends posted up an open water swim that they were going to do today so I decided to tag along.  We did a little shy of a mile, unofficially of course, and had a really good time.  There was some talk about doing this again each week….well we will see if we can make that happen or not.
    On the ride home I could not fight the urge to stop and shoot a quick photo with the trusty phone.  What great weather we had tonight and an awesome sunset!
    Well for all of you who are still running; run hard and do an extra mile for me!