Recovering From Microfracture Surgery

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Location:

Manhattan,KS,

Member Since:

Sep 16, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

400m = 55.7; 800m = 2:03; 1500m = 4:08; 1 Mile = 4:24; 2 Mile = 9:28; 5k = 15:26; 8k = 25:35; 10k = 32:12; 15k = 49:50; 10 Miles = 53:27; 1/2 M = 1:13:50 (during marathon); Marathon = 2:28:31

 


Post Microfracture Surgery:

 

5k = 17:25; 10k = 35:50; 10 Miles = 58:29

Short-Term Running Goals:

Masters USATF Cross Country National Championships 8k in St. Louis, MO! 

Maybe a marathon in 2013?

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running and racing at whatever level I am able to. Possibly run another marathon post Microfracture Surgery in under 3:00.

Personal:

I'm in the Army. I am married with four children (20/17/13/8 years old). Trying to return to previous running form after having microfracture knee surgery in July 2008.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Pegasus 29 A Lifetime Miles: 438.30
Brooks Launch A Lifetime Miles: 429.17
Adios Lifetime Miles: 118.88
Brooks Launch B Lifetime Miles: 206.30
Pegasus 29 B Lifetime Miles: 146.50
Race: Earn Your Turkey Run (4 Miles) 00:22:45, Place overall: 15, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.500.004.000.000.000.000.008.50

Ok, so I have been off the blog for awhile. Between work, life and not feeling motivated to blog I just needed a break I guess.

So I will do my best to stay back for awhile. I have appreciated the support from others via messages even if I did not acknowledge it. Thanks to all and I will try and do better to reciprocate.

So on to the race report. I was not 100% sure what I could do but I figured a sub 23:00 was possible so that was my only goal. Well and I guess I wanted to try and win the masters category as well. The good news is that I accomplished both missions. As a bonus our family ended up going home with two turkeys and three pies.

Before the start Sasha asked if I wanted to run with him at about 5:30 pace. I was not too excited about that as I was not sure I would be up to 5:30 pace. However, after the gun I was just trying to relax and not go too fast and I was right in front of Sasha. I was worried I was going too fast but it felt pretty good. I kept telling myself to relax and try to slow down a little even though I felt good. Sasha was right with me still. We went through the first mile in 5:28 so right at the pace Sasha wanted me to run with him. He was tucked in right behind me and I figured he would go by me at any moment but I guess he was still a little sicker than he thought as he just stayed there. I still felt ok so I kept focusing on staying relaxed as best as possible and just try to hold the pace. The good news is me knee was not bothering me or at least I don't recall it hurting. We went through 2 miles in 11:05 so a 5:37 split. Not too bad but I was starting to feel it now. Sasha started to fall behind a little at this point and I knew he must not be feeling good. I tried to latch on to a runner right in front of me and just try and survive at this point. I was not feeling good so I was not aggressive enough and just sat with the guy in front of me. We went through mile three in 17:00 so a 5:55 split. This was a bit dissappointing as I knew I had slowed down but now I was a bit more concerned about not making my sub 23:00 goal. I passed the guy in front of me and tried to focus on catching the next guy that was a ways off. I caught him and passed with about 400 to go but then he passed me with 200 or so to go and I could not go with him or at least I did not feel like it at this point. I ended up with a 22:45 finish and a last mile split of 5:45 so I was able to pick it up by 10 seconds. Overall I am pretty pleased with the result. I have been doing about 30-40 miles a week tops and with no real fast stuff. The knee has been doing good so far. It feels different than the other kne but not in a painful I can't run kind of way. I think it may always be like that and if so I can live with it. It especially feels stiffer/different on the early morning cold weather runs lately.

I am happy to be back racing again even if it is not quite as fast as I was before. I think with time I can possibly get close to where I was before. We will see how things go this winter and spring and if all goes well maybe I will attempt a spring/summer marathon.

Again thanks for all of the support and sorry for being gone fo so long from the blog. For those that have had micro fracture surgery I am proof that a comeback can be made and hopefully I can keep proving that in the future. So at one point i did not have much hope but now 9 months after I started running again and about 16 months post surgery things are finally starting to look pretty good.

Comments
From josse on Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 15:10:21 from 75.216.19.8

Great job on the race, I saw you finish and was surprised. You are doing well:) I see you running in the mornings with you army boys and wave but I don't know if you recognize me in the dark.

From Bonnie on Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 15:26:29 from 64.119.33.134

Great job and welcome back Ted! I am glad to see you are on your way back. It looks like you were smart and even though it took a while the recovery is working. Good for you, not only for having a good race, but for running smart. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.

I just talked to Dave Milner yesterday -- he is the assistant coach at Belmont now, seems really happy and luckily he is doing what he loves to do. I am thinking about going back and running Tom King this spring -- it has been pretty yucky weather the past two years though ...

Take care and happy thanksgiving.

From Walter on Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 01:12:11 from 76.27.15.208

Ted, that is some great racing for being out of it so long. You scare me now! sheesh. Keep it up studly!

From MichelleL on Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 18:31:03 from 71.213.97.46

Nice job, especially on the mellow training.

From jtshad on Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 19:29:38 from 204.134.132.225

Ted, great to see you on the blog and interestes in racing again. Hope the knee continues to do well. Missed you on the blog, buddy!

From Kory on Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 12:27:59 from 134.50.89.55

Ted! it's great hearing from you. I know I've missed your posts and insight and advice. I'll keep you in my prayers.

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