My feet and achilles tendons are so frozen that I can't feel them. Twice today I have have submerged them --- for twenty minutes at a time --- in an ice bath. Despite that, I am in a great mood and actually feel like I am on the road to recovery. I can't start running again until later this week, but I spent 60 minutes on the Cybex Arc Trainer ( http://www.cybexintl.com/products/cardio/750%20A/intro.aspx )today. I didn't do it at the level I would have before I hurt myself, but it still felt good to sweat. I followed that with 1,000 sit ups. Five hundred "typical" crunches and five hundred oblique crunches. Tomorrow night I start back with Liberdy.
Kind of funny that I can start running again while I am in Chicago for work this week. I am going to try to run the actual Shamrock Shuffle route while I am there. Next Sunday I signed up for a 5k in New Orleans to get me running outside.
My doctor, who we have established is a runner, said that if I was in the market for shoes that I should think about trying the Adidas adiSTAR Ride 3 ( http://www.shopadidas.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4477648&cp=2039726.2039728.2020250&cid=U44214&shopGroup=R ). I did my research, and it seems they might be a good fit for me. To go along with the whole "starting anew" mentality when I can start running again on Wednesday, I ordered a pair (unfortunately, Varsity Sports doesn't carry Adidas). They will be here by Tuesday so I will be able to try them out in Chicago. Anyone out there ever run in Adidas shoes before?
As ironic as this might sound, the NCAA Basketball tournament has given me a new sense of life in terms of my running. In reality, four teams that very few people thought had a chance have made it to the Final Four next weekend. If you can tell me that you honestly picked either Butler and/or VCU as a Final Four team then I will be shocked and amazed. No one saw it coming. They aren't teams you would expect to be there because they don't necessarily fit the mold or what the you imagine when you imagine a basketball team going to the Final Four. (OK, I am still a bit pissed at Butler for beating my beloved Badgers, but let's face it, the Badgers didn't come to play last week.)
I'm starting to think of myself along the lines of Butler and VCU. Both of those teams believed that they could do it despite what everyone told them. It didn't matter that every sports writer in America told them they weren't good enough or didn't look like an elite basketball team. They believed in themselves and what they were capable of. OK, I get it. I don't look like a runner (yet). I am slower than most runner. My achilles tendons are shorter than most peoples. Who cares? I don't.
When I was in high school there was a Nike add. I don't remember all of it, but in essence it was about someone telling you that you would never be able to do something and then you proved them wrong by doing it. The add ended with the words, "they will tell you no, and you will tell them yes." On Wednesday my running starts anew. People may tell me no, but I will tell them yes.
Until Wednesday in Chicago.
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