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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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
24.500.004.000.000.000.000.0028.50
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.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.000.000.000.004.00

4 easy miles this morning around BYU campus. The legs are a little sore but not too bad. Knee is a little stiff but ok. About 7:45 average pace.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.000.000.000.0016.00

I ran 16 miles today as part of the game ball run with BYU Army ROTC cadets where we receive the BYU vs. Utah game ball from the UofU Army ROTC cadets at he point of the mountain and then run it to BYU for the game. The average pace for the 16 miles I ran was 7:15 pace with the majority actually at sub 7:00. This is the most I have run in one day since my knee surgery. Overall things felt good and today I am a little sore but not too bad. The pace felt easy even though the legs are not used to going that far.

One of our cadets ran the entire thing and we even added a little at the end so he could get a full marathon in. He has never run over 13 miles before but can run a sub 10:00 2 mile. We finished the marathon in 3:11 and he felt great. The pace was very easy for him and he had no issues whatsoever. He only runs about 30 miles a week on average right now as well. I think with proper training he could be a pretty fast marathon runner.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
24.500.004.000.000.000.000.0028.50
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