Recent Posts Tagged With 'injuries'

• The Winelands Marathon

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 02:27 in injuries, half-marathon, reluctant runner

  This is meant to be one of the best marathons to run in the Western Cape and I was pretty excited to give it a go, especially since I missed it last year and the year before I only did the half which wasn’t really that spectacular.  So I signed up...

• Weird Running “Shoes”

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 02:14 in training, injuries, running, half-marathon, comrades marathon, reluctant runner

  Way back in 2008 when I had some knee trouble I visited an orthopaedic surgeon to make sure I wasn’t causing any damage in my training for the Comrades,  one of the things  he told me while he was examining me was that I should incorporate some b...

• Comrades Marathon Race Summary

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 12:10 in Marathon, race, injuries, comrades marathon, ultra-marathon, reluctant runner

  3:34am – my alarm goes off although I’m already awake, not nervous just awake and ready for my day on the road. 4:30am – we head off to the start which is a 10 minute walk from where we spent the night.  I have to find the guys from the study ...

• 20 Hours and 58 Minutes…

  Posted on Saturday May 23rd, 2009 at 01:39 in training, motivation, Marathon, race, injuries, running, preparation, fund raising, half-marathon, comrades marathon, ultra-marathon, reluctant runner

  Ok everyone so we are within a day of the Comrades Marathon and I’m about to head off to Durban.  If you want to keep track of me you can find out here. I (ok not me, but someone who I’ve asked) will be updating my Twitter and Facebook s...

• Running Paranoia…

  Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 08:16 in training, motivation, Marathon, race, injuries, running, preparation, comrades marathon, ultra-marathon, reluctant runner

  Paranoia seems to be setting in…  Everyone in my office is sick and so far all I’ve gotten is a runny nose but with the Comrades on Sunday, I’d be devastated if I got the flu and was unable to run… I even considered coming in to work with a ...

• Rebuild!!

  Posted on Thursday January 29th, 2009 at 09:03 in training, motivation, Marathon, race, injuries, running, preparation, half-marathon, ultra-marathon, reluctant runner

  Hi everybody, as those of you who are familiar with Reluctant Runner have probably realized, the site has gone through some changes over the last few weeks while I’ve been transferring all the content to a paid server – it seems I have finally do...

• Damage…

  Posted on Friday June 20th, 2008 at 02:58 in injuries, running, damage, blisters, comrades marathon

  Blisters, I started feeling the first blister form on by little toe around 23km’s, the others I didn’t really feel although, I had a sneaky suspicion there would be more than just the one…   While I was waiting for my mom at our club tent ...