3.23.2008
3rd Annual EcoHusky 5000
The 3rd annual EcoHusky 5000 is this Sunday March 30th. Race starts at 11:00AM. Best 5K in CT. www.ecohusky.uconn.edu/ecohusky5000.htm
3.22.2008
Remember to practice vigilance when running
Jogger training for Army mugged in Central Park
NEW YORK (AP) -- Knife-wielding muggers attacked a jogger running in Central Park to prepare for an Army physical fitness test, police and his family said.
"I'm in a lot of pain," Johnny Reberon, 23, said as he returned from a hospital Friday to his Manhattan home.
He was slashed in the arm and leg by two men who accosted him around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, police said.
His mugging was near the park road where a 28-year-old investment banker was found after being attacked while jogging on April 19, 1989. She became known worldwide as "the Central Park jogger."
Reberon's attackers took his wallet and iPod, police said. They were searching for suspects early Saturday.
"When he saw all the blood coming out, he thought he was going to bleed to death," said his mother, Carmen Zega. "I cried for hours."
She said her son called 911 on a cell phone he'd tucked in one of his socks, but he was in too much agony to talk to the operator. Two bicyclists stopped and helped him, Zega said.
Reberon works as a receptionist at a veterinary hospital, but he recently decided to join the Army, his mother said.
The victim of the 1989 attack was in a coma for 12 days before beginning her near-miraculous recovery. The jogger, Trisha Meili, disclosed her identity in 2003 and published her memoir.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Knife-wielding muggers attacked a jogger running in Central Park to prepare for an Army physical fitness test, police and his family said.
"I'm in a lot of pain," Johnny Reberon, 23, said as he returned from a hospital Friday to his Manhattan home.
He was slashed in the arm and leg by two men who accosted him around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, police said.
His mugging was near the park road where a 28-year-old investment banker was found after being attacked while jogging on April 19, 1989. She became known worldwide as "the Central Park jogger."
Reberon's attackers took his wallet and iPod, police said. They were searching for suspects early Saturday.
"When he saw all the blood coming out, he thought he was going to bleed to death," said his mother, Carmen Zega. "I cried for hours."
She said her son called 911 on a cell phone he'd tucked in one of his socks, but he was in too much agony to talk to the operator. Two bicyclists stopped and helped him, Zega said.
Reberon works as a receptionist at a veterinary hospital, but he recently decided to join the Army, his mother said.
The victim of the 1989 attack was in a coma for 12 days before beginning her near-miraculous recovery. The jogger, Trisha Meili, disclosed her identity in 2003 and published her memoir.
3.20.2008
Questionable Poll
Do we really have that many people reading this blog or is someone out there manipulating the results of the poll question?
Pictures from the marathon are on the race website, and free to download low resolution images. Wow was I hurting. I knew I was struggling at the end but I didn't realize I was showing it that much. It would have been nice if they took some pics that were not at the finish so people can have some memory of the more enjoyable parts of the race!
3.19.2008
Pictures from the Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon
after party (from left to right: Jeff, the "I didn't kill my wife" guy, Dan)
Dan steps from the finish on the boardwalk (3:13 marathon)
Jeff steps from the finish on the boardwalk. (3:54 marathon)
Dan between mile 12 and 13 running tightly with the 3:10 pack. If you look hard enough, you might be able to see his mustache.
Jeff between mile 12 and 13.
3.17.2008
Solid marathon performances in Virginia Beach
Lippincott ran a 3:54 and Britton ran a 3:13 on a cold, windy day in Virginia Beach yesterday. Solid debut marathon for Lippincott. Britton tops marathon PR by 16 minutes. Congrats!
Results
Results
3.12.2008
Follow-up to yesterday's post
More than 24 hours have passed since being given the news that I may begin bearing some weight on my surgically-repaired left foot, and I feel better about the prospect of my ability to walk sans (I love this word, if you haven't concluded that by now.) support within the next four weeks. I have been following my doctor's orders--heel taps and the alphabet, over and over and over again. I have also begun bearing some weight, letting the crutches bear the rest, which is most of it, actually. While doing this, though, I am having some discomfort (not really pain) where the titanium implant sits in my foot. My doctor told me that the implant can be removed from my foot, and that he would do that this year. I don't know whether this discomfort will subside after using my foot as it was designed to be used over the course of the next four weeks, but if it doesn't, I don't see how I would be able to walk, much less run, with it in my foot. This is my biggest concern.
My next biggest concern is the possibility that the ligament repair didn't take. My doctor gave me the okay to begin bearing weight based on what his kind has seen in past patients. My doctor did not try to determine whether the ligament repair actually worked, but he's confident that it did. I know that I should find comfort in his confidence, but until I can actually run pain free, I won't believe it. But I do believe.
Signing off.
My next biggest concern is the possibility that the ligament repair didn't take. My doctor gave me the okay to begin bearing weight based on what his kind has seen in past patients. My doctor did not try to determine whether the ligament repair actually worked, but he's confident that it did. I know that I should find comfort in his confidence, but until I can actually run pain free, I won't believe it. But I do believe.
Signing off.
3.11.2008
Third post-surgery doctor appointment
I was somewhat discouraged after this morning's doctor appointment, but for no apparent reason, as you'll find out if you read on.
I got the okay from my doctor to begin bearing weight on my foot, but it's going to be a slow, gradual process. I should start by doing heel taps and forming the letters of the alphabet with my foot. By the end of this week, I should be bearing 25% of my weight, adding 25%/week. By April 8th, my next doctor appointment, I should be at 100%.
Following this period, two to three weeks of rehab to strengthen my posterior tib tendon should be enough.
In the meantime, I got the okay to bike, but since NEOPS lost the impression for my orthotic, I can't start right away. My doctor instructed me to use the orthotic when biking.
When asked if I had a goal race in mind, I said yes, the LHRR on June 8th. BIG MAYBE. Late-July or early-August is more realistic.
I got the okay from my doctor to begin bearing weight on my foot, but it's going to be a slow, gradual process. I should start by doing heel taps and forming the letters of the alphabet with my foot. By the end of this week, I should be bearing 25% of my weight, adding 25%/week. By April 8th, my next doctor appointment, I should be at 100%.
Following this period, two to three weeks of rehab to strengthen my posterior tib tendon should be enough.
In the meantime, I got the okay to bike, but since NEOPS lost the impression for my orthotic, I can't start right away. My doctor instructed me to use the orthotic when biking.
When asked if I had a goal race in mind, I said yes, the LHRR on June 8th. BIG MAYBE. Late-July or early-August is more realistic.
3.10.2008
Prefontaine runs for Gold in Munich
You can hardly call this news, but this video should have been posted on the blog a long time ago. It's pretty cool.
Who's ready for the Summer Olympics in Bejing? Running, or "Athletics"--the Olympic term used to describe all events from the 100m dash to the high jump to the marathon--begins on August 15, 2008.
Who's ready for the Summer Olympics in Bejing? Running, or "Athletics"--the Olympic term used to describe all events from the 100m dash to the high jump to the marathon--begins on August 15, 2008.
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