I got my MRI results. My extreme calf cramp make a small tear in my gastroc and appears to have ruptured my plantaris tendon. However the report also made mention of a “prior plantaris tendon rupture.” Either way I no longer have one nor need it. I have been going through aggressive treatment, acupuncture, massage, ultrasound ever day since Friday plus two days of sauna/ice baths. Thank goodness I put piles of money into my flex spending account. It is there for just such an emergency. Too bad I can’t use it to hire a dog walker.
Friday I could not walk one step. Today I walked several miles and was on the stationary bike for 30 minutes as a trial. I still have a bit of a cramp in my calf but I am clear to try out a run tomorrow. My Acupuncturist Bruce Mandelbaum also a very accomplished runner, said he has never seen anyone heal as fast as me. I think I do get injured a little too often but my docs always tell me they can’t believe how fast I heal. Also thanks to my Chiropractor Jamie Blau and Massage therapist Monica Polanca. Monica was amazing working on Easter weekend both Saturday and Sunday gave me the best massages I have ever had, spending maybe 40 minutes in my calf alone trying to get it to settle down. The are all part of Upper West Side Chiropractic in NYC, on Amsterdam and 74th street. Jamie the Director of UWSChiro does not work on weekends but she came in just to do ultrasound therapy on my calf Saturday.They are just the best!
So will I make it to Boston? Coach Benson said I need to be able to run a 20 miler 8 days before the race. A tough proposition no matter how you put it. I don’t want to become more of a lunatic than I already am, so just in case I am looking int May marathons probably in Canada where it is cool. I am just taking each day as it comes and we will see what happens. Boston will be there next year.
Hi Hilary,
I came across your blog and I feel terrible about your MRI results. I know you said you wish you had the money to hire a dog walker for the moment, but I would like to walk your dogs for free. I currently have clients that I walk daily in Manhattan and wouldn’t mind taking your pups for their daily walks as well. I’m fully bonded and insured under Pet Sitters Associates and certified in Red Cross Pet First Aid. If you’d like to get in contact with me, you can call me at 917-583-6930.
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Wow that is an amazing offer. You are incredibly kind. thank you!
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You’re right about Boston being there next year. I had a coach who said you don’t pick a carrot to see if it’s growing. Trying for a 20-miler eight-days out sounds a bit crazy.
I’d suggest either putting off the marathon until fall or running a back-up after you’ve had a chance to get going again but before you’ve lost your fitness. Were this NY, you might want to go for it since you’re already here, but I would think the logistics of getting up to Boston, etc. counsel against taking a flyer on it.
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You are right. I am looking at Ottawa on May 30. That gives me another 7 weeks to pick it back up.
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