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ewth8tr · 09-08-2007, 10:14 PM

I was feeling a lot of pain in my back and my thigh about 10 days ago and had only run once since then (tuesday), but I was feeling pretty good this morning before the half, but then about a mile in, I started cramping up in my calf. I kept going and after a couple more miles, the cramping was gone and I started speeding back up again. I felt great and passed some few people up until about the 12 mile mark, then my right foot (same spot where I had the tendinitis a while back) started hurting quite a bit, then about a half mile later, my thigh started hurting, but I pushed through and finished at 2:19:46, which I am happy with, considering the problems I had, plus it was just 5 minutes more than my Provo River half that was nearly all downhill.

SteelBlue · 09-09-2007, 02:55 AM

Nice job. Way to tough it out.

danimal · 09-09-2007, 03:18 AM

I hate running. Good for you for pushing through.

il Padrino Ute · 09-09-2007, 03:28 AM

Nice job. Can I request that you dedicate your next run to me?

I'm in the "I hate running" camp with Danimal, but more power to those who do it.

UteStar · 09-09-2007, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ewth8tr

then about a mile in, I started cramping up in my calf.

No offense but that is kinda wussy. Last time I did a long run, I started getting some cramping in my calf. You know what I did? I whipped out my swiss army knife and I just cut out my calf. Cramping gone and then I heroically finished the race.

Runner Coug · 09-10-2007, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by UteStar

No offense but that is kinda wussy. Last time I did a long run, I started getting some cramping in my calf. You know what I did? I whipped out my swiss army knife and I just cut out my calf. Cramping gone and then I heroically finished the race.

Girlyman. I cramped up once during a race, and hobbled over to a guy who was cutting down a tree in his yard with a chainsaw. He cut off my leg at the hip, and I finished the race running on my hands.

09-08-2007, 10:14 PM	#1
ewth8tr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South Salt Lake, Utah Posts: 1,742	I was slow and had some problems, but I finished another Half Marathon I was feeling a lot of pain in my back and my thigh about 10 days ago and had only run once since then (tuesday), but I was feeling pretty good this morning before the half, but then about a mile in, I started cramping up in my calf. I kept going and after a couple more miles, the cramping was gone and I started speeding back up again. I felt great and passed some few people up until about the 12 mile mark, then my right foot (same spot where I had the tendinitis a while back) started hurting quite a bit, then about a half mile later, my thigh started hurting, but I pushed through and finished at 2:19:46, which I am happy with, considering the problems I had, plus it was just 5 minutes more than my Provo River half that was nearly all downhill. __________________ "Seig heil!" - ExUte Må din pung bli överkörd av femhundra siamesiska elefantbögar samtidigt som du får en ananas uppkörd långt upp i rektum - Most common thing said to LiveCoug on his mission.

09-09-2007, 03:18 AM	#3
danimal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Your mom's house Posts: 588	I hate running. Good for you for pushing through. __________________ Tobias: You know, Lindsay, as a therapist, I have advised a number of couples to explore an open relationship where the couple remains emotionally committed, but free to explore extra-marital encounters. Lindsay: Well, did it work for those people? Tobias: No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but...but it might work for us.

09-09-2007, 03:28 AM	#4
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Nice job. Can I request that you dedicate your next run to me? I'm in the "I hate running" camp with Danimal, but more power to those who do it. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

09-09-2007, 02:55 AM	#2
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Nice job. Way to tough it out.