Milo and the Calf

Tag: running injuries

  • The End of the Barefoot Running Craze?

    If who I see running loops in parks, and number of threads on running message boards, are any indication, barefoot running seems to have finally moved from all consuming fad to persistent running subgenre.  Good.  I’m happy to have barefoot running at the fringes where I can celebrate the eccentrics who do it well without…

  • Running again

    I ran for the first time in over two months last night. It was only three miles on the treadmill, but it felt wonderful. OK, actually, it hurt, but not that bad! And that is a huge improvement over where I’ve been the last couple of times I have tried to run. This has been…

  • Milo and the Wolves

    There is another story about Milo that is worth remembering.  Milo is walking in the forest when he came upon a tree whose trunk was split down the middle.  To show his strength, Milo places his hands in the split of the tree and attempts to split the tree in two.  He is, however, not…

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    Ankle, bad; Shoulder, good.

    Took the ankle for a test drive last night on the treadmill, it felt fine for a half mile and then the pain started to come back. I shut it down and got back on the goddamn elliptical. Man, I hate that thing. Bu I am going to be spending a lot more time on…