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

Mon, Sep 03, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
15.10	3.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18.20

AM - I took James and Elizabeth to the Payson Onion Days 5K. Ran some warm-up and cool-down and paced james during the 5k for a total of 12.1 miles. All easy except the 5k with James was at 6:19 average. James set a PR on much slower course than Magna. It is a very slight down hill for the first mile and then from 1.5 to the finish is a slight uphill the whole way. He ran 19:39 today with mile splits of 6:15, 6:26, and 6:25. Elizabeth ran her first ever 5K and ran 31:53 which is much better than she anticipated. I will let them both tell more on their blogs. It is exciting to have the family out and running at races. I am heading to St. George and will get a few more miles in this evening when I get there.

PM - Drove to St. George and ran from Ramada around Dixie State College up to the temple and looped around it 4 times and back to hotel for an easy 6.1 miles at just under 8 minute pace.

Oh yeah, weighed in at 135lbs this week so 1 more pound of extra weight is gone.

Comments

From michael on Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 12:16:24

Ted - what was the brand/model/price/store that you got James shoes? Thanks

From ArmyRunner on Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 21:34:40

The hard part at this age is to find good shoes in the right size. I have gone to Runners Corner in Provo as they usually have the best selection and Hawk Harper (the owner) gives a 20% discount to cross country team members. It looked like the shoes he has are good for racing and faster stuff but any good training shoe would work for everyday wear. James has the Mizuno Wave Rider right now but it has varied on what he likes and what they have in his size. What we do is go into the store and let him try on a pair and then keep one shoe on from one pair and try on another one from another pair to see which he likes best. They will let you jog in them with one of each until you find the one that is the most comfortable. By process of elimination we find the one that he likes the best. Again, Runners Corner will help in this way as well. I hope this helps.

From Kerry on Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 13:39:17

Hi Ted,

Tom Lee (tlee) raised the weight issue on his blog today (9/7). You mentioned that you're currently at 135. How tall are you and how much lower are you hoping to go? Just curious to find out what your experience has been.

Thanks!

Kerry

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