Here we are. Another year begins. Looking forward and back again. My last post was January1 2012!! Not much to say I guess this past year. Crazy lots of snow so far and I have ran in it a few times. Terribly unfit and I have gained about 15 pounds. Running only 2-3 times each week in an effort to rest but not lose touch with the sport I love. Mid year I started seeing Dr. Kary at St. Vincents Sports in Indy. He seems to know what he is doing but this Achilles injury is taking it's sweet time to heal. The new regimen which may work eventually: eccentric heel raises on flat ground and nitroglycerin patches on Achilles at night. Everything else may or may not have been a waste of time. I am sure the 2 years of not training or racing fast has helped too. My Achilles has been feeling stronger lately after doing the heel raises but I still get the swelling which I cannot explain. I will be 50 soon and I have hopes that this is the year that I'll get healthy and start training for PRs in the 15k and over distances. Those 60 plus 5k races in 2 years was my undoing. I want this year to be the year I train smarter and not harder.
I have been on break from work for a while now and can really get used to this. Sleeping in, eating lunch every day with Amanda and staying up too late. Still planning to move to St. Augustine as soon as I figure out how to pay the rent. Looking forward to spending the summer there either way. Love that city, warm weather, the beach, the history. I have only had two jobs in the past 28 years so i am quite rusty with this job search thing. Just spent some family time with my sons and two of them are on their way back to St. Aug as i type this. I am so jealous! Well wish me luck, hope to be racing soon and living with Amanda in the warm weather.
