Today's Tweets

05:45 Wt: 173.2, RHR: 51 #

10:56 FINALLY something good. I was able to pair my company owner's phone when my boss (IT director) could not. #

10:56 He was trying to get his BB to pair with his Mercedes. #

11:17 When TweetDeck comes up and says you have 3 messages from Twitter API... where do they go? #

11:28 I am a camera. Camera, camera. ♫ blip.fm/~1y17u #

12:02 Jack Bauer tonight! I'm just sayin'. :) #

12:11 See, it happened again. "Replies (Twitter API) 1" but I didn't see it #

12:22 Mmm, 1st-album Dire Straits. ♫ blip.fm/~1y2mn #

12:23 HEY! That's not Dire Straits! I was blipped. #

12:53 Off to the gym #

14:02 Stick a fork in me. I'm done. Heading back to work. #

14:23 Big savings: tinyurl.com/co3vff #

15:03 MapMyFitness.com: Completed Weight Workout. 160 (kcal). 00:30:46 #

15:08 Heading over to our remote site, 10 miles away #

18:54 Finally with my son @ Cub Scouts #

21:00 I'm a tad disappointed at you east coast 24 tweeps not aflutter tonight. I hope it doesn't mean the episode will suck. #

21:50 The following takes place between 2pm and 3pm. Come on guys! #

21:52 The FBI opens fresh sockets, too! #

22:11 "Not now!" Bet she got paid a lot to be told that. #

22:11 "Did you try to flash the memory card?" Yeah, that'll stop the terrorist attack. #

22:17 Man, my right leg is twitchy tonight #

22:21 They hired Dr. Phlox for 2 minutes? #

22:40 Alright, done with 24. Now it's time for bed. #

22:40 Nite all. #

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Today's Tweets

06:48 Wt: 172, RHR: 51 #

11:00 Long run, 12 mi, 1:54:46, 9:35/mi #

11:57 At church, listening to Dave Duncan pit football fans against each other. Hahaha. #

13:56 Someone please tell my wife, hors d'oeuvres so NOT constitute lunch!!! #

16:48 I swear, Twitter's ruined while the SB is on. #

18:42 <-- puts RICE into action #

18:50 Did Lynette Sciavo just do that?!?!?1 #

18:55 Watching Desperate Housewives. Not the Super Bowl. #

19:10 You mean it's over? Yayy! Someone won! It's over, yayy! #

19:20 Mapped 02/01/2009 Route (11.99 mi.) #

19:24 Completed Long Run, 12 miles. 1,511 (kcal) Distance 11.99 mi. Duration 01:54:47 #

19:42 Went to the doc about it a while back, they xrayed it, but nothing. No MRI though. #

19:43 At 7:22! heh #

20:04 New Flickr upload: 2-1-2009 Splits: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/at76xg #

21:05 New post on my blog: Long Run - 12 Miles: I was supposed to do a 12-mile long run yesterday... tinyurl.com/b4br96 #

21:40 Alright, it's time for bed. Goodnight all. #

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Long Run - 12 Miles

I was supposed to do a 12-mile long run yesterday. As everyone well knows by now, sometimes things don't go the way we plan. The alarm went off, and as usual, I put off getting up. I got up out of bed, only to have my right leg collapse. There wasn't any pain, but my right leg was weak. After taking a few steps it wasn't near as bad, but still weak, so I decided to take the day off and do my long run today instead.

Today, I woke up feeling fabulous. The temperature, while 34 degrees, was livable, and it was supposed to be 70 degrees later in the day. I ate my oatmeal breakfast, and off I went.

My goal pace was pretty easy, 9:22 - 9:37. Not only did I feel great during the run, but I finished strong. Much stronger than I expected.



Mile 1: 9:20.84
Mile 2: 9:32.98
Mile 3: 9:34.92
Mile 4: 9:43.12
Mile 5: 9:57.73
Mile 6: 9:33.48
Mile 7: 10:39.46
Mile 8: 9:14.51
Mile 9: 9:17.21
Mile 10: 9:22.58
Mile 11: 9:26.22
Mile 12: 9:03.88

12 miles, 1:54:46, 9:35/mi average pace, 1312 calories burned

Given how I felt yesterday, I wasn't expecting to exactly feel peachy afterwards. During the run, everything felt fine, but afterwards my leg felt about the same it did yesterday morning. It's felt like that the whole day.

It actually feels like an extension of a recurring problem I've had for many months. On my right leg, there's a spot that sometimes feels like someone's poked it really hard with their finger. It only hurts when I'm not running, in fact most of the time it doesn't hurt at all. It's on my lower-right leg, around halfway up on the inner side. About 4 months ago I went to the doctor and had it x-rayed, but they didn't find anything. The doctor told me things like, it couldn't be a stress fracture because I wasn't in enough pain, and couldn't be shin splits, because those are only on the outside (that didn't seem right to me).

I was on Twitter tonight, asking some people I knew who had similar injuries in the past, and they all seem to be saying the same thing: get another opinion, and possibly an MRI.

My next scheduled run isn't until Tuesday. I'm going to see how I feel after the gym tomorrow.

Today's Tweets

07:26 Wt: 170.8, RHR: 54 #

07:48 So much for running today. My right leg is oddly weak today. When I got out of bed, it momentarily wouldn't support me! #

07:48 So I'm doing what everyone says and listening to my body. I'll do the long run tomorrow. Today I'll stretch off and on all day. #

07:49 Google seems fine for me at the moment. #

07:50 Geez, google going bad sure messed up Twitter. That's all anyone's talking about. #

08:03 Ooooh, do we have a new Billy Carter? George Obama arrested for marijuana possession: tinyurl.com/avfzk6 #

08:05 You guys posting your run reports is bugging me :) #

08:13 MAN Loudtwitter's slow these days. It's supposed to post my tweets to my blog at 11:59pm, today it posted them at 6am #

09:56 better #

11:42 Alright, off to help a friend move. #

11:43 I may tweet in between though. :) #

13:36 Geez man, my friends are still packing! Grrr. #

14:57 I should work out on the stairclimber this evening to make up for the 3 pieces of pizza I just ate. #

17:28 BP 116/66. Cool. :) #

17:37 I just hope I feel better tomorrow, I don't want to miss a long run! #

22:05 OK time to watch a couple B5 episodes & post about them on TCF to make the tweeps happy. :) #

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