Back after a long haitus

brianj said:

I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the
ambience sure has changed. Yikes!

Once you learn to listen around the static it'll seem a lot more
familiar.

"Charlie Pendejo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
: brianj wrote:
: > I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the
: > ambience sure has changed. Yikes!
:
: Once you learn to listen around the static it'll seem a lot more
: familiar.

So~ tell us about your AT problems and what ultimately led you surgery...

Oh- and welcome back...

brianj said:

Hey everybody: I have not been here for almost three years. That is
when I had to shut down due to an achilles tendon problem that was
ultimately corrected with surgery. Just this summer, I got up and
running again for real. I am up to 3 miles X 5 days now, and it has
been a long trip back. These things come easier at age 30 than at 45,
I'll tell you.

During my time off, I was moderately depressed about not being able to
run, and so I just did not enjoy checking in here at all. I also
stopped reading RW, but I am now back at both.

I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the ambience
sure has changed. Yikes!

Anyway, I just stopped by to say hello.

brianj

There is one person responsible for all of that change. You missed him
camming his own butt and flexing his muscles. It's the TBR guy. He's
the guy who used my identity to insult you in this thread. I'm not like
that.

But I do enjoy kicking HIS teeth in just about every day.

--
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Alric Knebel

http://www.ironeyefortress.com/C-SPAN_loon.html
http://www.ironeyefortress.com

Alric Knebel [email protected] said:

brianj said:

Hey everybody: I have not been here for almost three years. That is
when I had to shut down due to an achilles tendon problem that was
ultimately corrected with surgery. Just this summer, I got up and
running again for real. I am up to 3 miles X 5 days now, and it has
been a long trip back. These things come easier at age 30 than at 45,
I'll tell you.

Quoted message said:

During my time off, I was moderately depressed about not being able to
run, and so I just did not enjoy checking in here at all. I also
stopped reading RW, but I am now back at both.

Quoted message said:

I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the ambience
sure has changed. Yikes!

Quoted message said:

Anyway, I just stopped by to say hello.

Quoted message said:

brianj

There is one person responsible for all of that change. You missed him
camming his own butt and flexing his muscles. It's the TBR guy. He's
the guy who used my identity to insult you in this thread. I'm not like
that.

But I do enjoy kicking HIS teeth in just about every day.

--
_________________
Alric Knebel

http://www.ironeyefortress.com/C-SPAN_loon.htmlhttp://www.ironeyefortress.com- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Um no. You see Aldick has a personality disorder, and when off his
meds he plays games, then later realizes what he did and recants. He's
a VERY sick boi.

Alric Knebel <alric@[cableone.net]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

brianj said:

Hey everybody: I have not been here for almost three years. That is
when I had to shut down due to an achilles tendon problem that was
ultimately corrected with surgery. Just this summer, I got up and
running again for real. I am up to 3 miles X 5 days now, and it has
been a long trip back. These things come easier at age 30 than at 45,
I'll tell you.

During my time off, I was moderately depressed about not being able to
run, and so I just did not enjoy checking in here at all. I also
stopped reading RW, but I am now back at both.

I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the ambience
sure has changed. Yikes!

Anyway, I just stopped by to say hello.

brianj

There is one person responsible for all of that change. You missed him
camming his own butt and flexing his muscles. It's the TBR guy. He's
the guy who used my identity to insult you in this thread. I'm not like
that.

But I do enjoy kicking HIS teeth in just about every day.

Alric, is there anything I can help you with, like you hard on? I have a
place you can park it. I have a photo of my nice warm garage, if you'd
care to partake.
--
"Pick me! Pick me!"

userfriendly said:

"Charlie Pendejo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

news:[email hidden]...: brianj wrote:

: > I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the
: > ambience sure has changed. Yikes!
:
: Once you learn to listen around the static it'll seem a lot more
: familiar.

So~ tell us about your AT problems and what ultimately led you surgery...

It was just tendonitis that would not go away no matter what we did.
After a marathon in October of 2004, I took a few days off and started
in again. I had been dealing with a little tendonitis during
training, but it wasn't enough to stop me. But after the marathon, it
just wouldn't go away. I took a little time off, went to a
chiropractor, etc. Nothing helped. The Chiro finaly refered me to an
othopod. During the next year (no kidding) I took time off, had 2
cortisone injections, took two courses of Prednisone (I love that
stuff--I felt like I was 20) and wore a boot for 5 months. When all
else failed, my orthopedic guy refered me to another, who cut on me,
opened up the tendon, cleaned out all the snarled up stuff (he said it
wasn't too bad) anad sewed me up. Then he started me on a very slow
road back to running. Very slow. But it feels really pretty good
now.

I was running some long distances back then, and I am not sure I will
ever train for another marathon, so maybe I will be OK forever.
Though I think a nice autumnal half M would be fun next year.

brianj

brianj said:

userfriendly said:

"Charlie Pendejo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

news:[email hidden]...:brianj wrote:

Quoted message said:

: > I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the
: > ambience sure has changed. Yikes!
:
: Once you learn to listen around the static it'll seem a lot more
: familiar.

Quoted message said:

So~ tell us about your AT problems and what ultimately led you surgery...

It was just tendonitis that would not go away no matter what we did.
After a marathon in October of 2004, I took a few days off and started
in again. I had been dealing with a little tendonitis during
training, but it wasn't enough to stop me. But after the marathon, it
just wouldn't go away. I took a little time off, went to a
chiropractor, etc. Nothing helped. The Chiro finaly refered me to an
othopod. During the next year (no kidding) I took time off, had 2
cortisone injections, took two courses of Prednisone (I love that
stuff--I felt like I was 20) and wore a boot for 5 months. When all
else failed, my orthopedic guy refered me to another, who cut on me,
opened up the tendon, cleaned out all the snarled up stuff (he said it
wasn't too bad) anad sewed me up. Then he started me on a very slow
road back to running. Very slow. But it feels really pretty good
now.

I was running some long distances back then, and I am not sure I will
ever train for another marathon, so maybe I will be OK forever.
Though I think a nice autumnal half M would be fun next year.

brianj

Wuss.

Welcome back, Brian! Glad to hear that surgery has been able to
correct the achilles problem! I'll look forward to seeing your
progress. Any races on the horizon yet, or is it too early?
Yep, a lot of spam on the r.r., it helps to put up some filters
and just page through the rest. Still some great r.r.'s with
good advice here though.

Teresa in AZ

brianj said:

Hey everybody: I have not been here for almost three years. That is
when I had to shut down due to an achilles tendon problem that was
ultimately corrected with surgery. Just this summer, I got up and
running again for real. I am up to 3 miles X 5 days now, and it has
been a long trip back. These things come easier at age 30 than at 45,
I'll tell you.

During my time off, I was moderately depressed about not being able to
run, and so I just did not enjoy checking in here at all. I also
stopped reading RW, but I am now back at both.

I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the ambience
sure has changed. Yikes!

Anyway, I just stopped by to say hello.

brianj

On Sep 12, 12:17 pm, Teresa Bippert-Plymate <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Welcome back, Brian! Glad to hear that surgery has been able to
correct the achilles problem! I'll look forward to seeing your
progress. Any races on the horizon yet, or is it too early?
Yep, a lot of spam on the r.r., it helps to put up some filters
and just page through the rest. Still some great r.r.'s with
good advice here though.

Teresa in AZ

brianj said:

Hey everybody: I have not been here for almost three years. That is
when I had to shut down due to an achilles tendon problem that was
ultimately corrected with surgery. Just this summer, I got up and
running again for real. I am up to 3 miles X 5 days now, and it has
been a long trip back. These things come easier at age 30 than at 45,
I'll tell you.

Quoted message said:

During my time off, I was moderately depressed about not being able to
run, and so I just did not enjoy checking in here at all. I also
stopped reading RW, but I am now back at both.

Quoted message said:

I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the ambience
sure has changed. Yikes!

Quoted message said:

Anyway, I just stopped by to say hello.

Quoted message said:

brianj- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

No races yet. The last time I started running (years ago now) it was
probably 3 years before I ran anything but a 5K fun run. I am also
now paranoid about my achilles, so I will take it oh, so slowly. No
way I want to get knocked out again. Do I remember that you had some
sort of injury a few years back? In any event, it is really awful not
to be able to run, and I vowed that if I ever got to go out and feel
what it was like again, I would be more careful. Also, I am getting
older. So, I would love to enter a half M or maybe even a marathon
someday, but no time soon.

brianj

"brianj" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
: On Sep 11, 3:51 pm, "userfriendly" <[email hidden]> wrote:
: > "Charlie Pendejo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
: >
: > news:[email hidden]...: brianj
wrote:
: >
: > : > I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the
: > : > ambience sure has changed. Yikes!
: > :
: > : Once you learn to listen around the static it'll seem a lot more
: > : familiar.
: >
: > So~ tell us about your AT problems and what ultimately led you
surgery...
: >
:
: It was just tendonitis that would not go away no matter what we did.
: After a marathon in October of 2004, I took a few days off and started
: in again. I had been dealing with a little tendonitis during
: training, but it wasn't enough to stop me. But after the marathon, it
: just wouldn't go away. I took a little time off, went to a
: chiropractor, etc. Nothing helped. The Chiro finaly refered me to an
: othopod. During the next year (no kidding) I took time off, had 2
: cortisone injections, took two courses of Prednisone (I love that
: stuff--I felt like I was 20) and wore a boot for 5 months. When all
: else failed, my orthopedic guy refered me to another, who cut on me,
: opened up the tendon, cleaned out all the snarled up stuff (he said it
: wasn't too bad) anad sewed me up. Then he started me on a very slow
: road back to running. Very slow. But it feels really pretty good
: now.
:
: I was running some long distances back then, and I am not sure I will
: ever train for another marathon, so maybe I will be OK forever.
: Though I think a nice autumnal half M would be fun next year.
:
: brianj

Thanks for the info. My tendonitis has been going on for 4 years- no
kidding. But I'm not ready to do the surgery option. I do find hill
training can hurt at first, but tends to bring short-term relief as the
tendons begin to loosen up.

I'm glad you're back to running.

Peace,
Brian

brianj said:

Hey everybody: I have not been here for almost three years. That is
when I had to shut down due to an achilles tendon problem that was
ultimately corrected with surgery. Just this summer, I got up and
running again for real. I am up to 3 miles X 5 days now, and it has
been a long trip back. These things come easier at age 30 than at 45,
I'll tell you.

Hello Brian,

Nice to see you back again.
I do remember your running into problems due to injury back then. Glad
to see you're back at it now. Take it easy as you go along.

Quoted message said:

During my time off, I was moderately depressed about not being able to
run, and so I just did not enjoy checking in here at all. I also
stopped reading RW, but I am now back at both.

I see there are still some familiar names here. But wow, the ambience
sure has changed. Yikes!

There are a few of the old folks still around and a bunch of new ones,
along with some trolls. Through filters, the ambiance isn't all that bad.

jobs

Quoted message said:

Anyway, I just stopped by to say hello.

brianj

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brianj said:

On Sep 12, 12:17 pm, Teresa Bippert-Plymate <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Welcome back, Brian! Glad to hear that surgery has been able to
correct the achilles problem! I'll look forward to seeing your
progress. Any races on the horizon yet, or is it too early?
Yep, a lot of spam on the r.r., it helps to put up some filters
and just page through the rest. Still some great r.r.'s with
good advice here though.
Teresa in AZ

brianj said:

Hey everybody: I have not been here for almost three years. That is
when I had to shut down due to an achilles tendon problem that was
ultimately corrected with surgery. Just this summer, I got up and
running again for real. I am up to 3 miles X 5 days now, and it has
been a long trip back. These things come easier at age 30 than at 45,
I'll tell you.

Quoted message said:

brianj- Hide quoted text -

No races yet. The last time I started running (years ago now) it was
probably 3 years before I ran anything but a 5K fun run. I am also
now paranoid about my achilles, so I will take it oh, so slowly. No
way I want to get knocked out again. Do I remember that you had some
sort of injury a few years back? In any event, it is really awful not
to be able to run, and I vowed that if I ever got to go out and feel
what it was like again, I would be more careful. Also, I am getting
older. So, I would love to enter a half M or maybe even a marathon
someday, but no time soon.

brianj

I sure understand. I went through some PF in both feet, and it was
pretty slow to heal, and can still flare up a little if I don't do
my exercises. I sure wish you a lot of luck fighting this achilles
thing!!!

Teresa