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Month: March 2014

Back on the Trails! BST-Upper Terrace

Back on the Trails! BST-Upper Terrace

    Over the past couple weeks I have been reading about active release massage and how it might be able to solve my ankle trouble. I have begun to suspect that the lasting pain on my peroneal tendon is from scar tissue that built up.  Apparently, you can break up the scar tissue by massage it and so forth.  So, along with rolling and stretching out the muscles that the tendons attach to, I have been doing it for…

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Busting my Bike Legs While Resting my Running Ankle

Busting my Bike Legs While Resting my Running Ankle

So…I have still be really nervous about my ankle.  But, equally nervous about getting out of shape. So, I have put in some miles on my mountain bike. 11 March 2014 All pavement, but first time riding the Lagoon Trail up to Farmington Pond 7.4 miles in 36:11, 12.2 mph average and 24.4 mph top speed 20 March 2014 I only have about 45 minutes, so I through my bike onto my car, parked at the bottom of Farmington Canyon…

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Blasting my Legs on my Bike as I Rest my Ankle for Running

Blasting my Legs on my Bike as I Rest my Ankle for Running

One thing I noticed  a couple weeks ago when I went for a short 4 mile run on the BST above Farmington was that after taking a full month off to rest my injured ankle, I was OUT OF SHAPE. Actually, its scary how fast I had lost my lungs, legs, and overall endurance – not that I had much to begin with. My ankle is feeling a lot better, but I don’t want to chance reinjuring it. So, in…

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Nathan HPL 020 Hydration Vest (on sale!) – Gear Review

Nathan HPL 020 Hydration Vest (on sale!) – Gear Review

I decided to make this my first gear review because I just saw that (at the time of this posting) Amazon has a great sale .  Only $67 instead of the regular $90-100. Nathan HPL 020 Hydration Vest Grade: A- / B+ This was one of the first pieces of running gear I purchased after moving to Utah last June. I had never carried water before while running, but the combination of heat and desire to go longer distance up…

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