Bob the runner

I just completed my 16th Bolder Boulder!  At one time this was the highlight race for the year for me.  Though I still enjoy the event, it does not usually bring as much of a sense of accomplishment as it once did.  This is probably because I have now run half and full marathons and also competed in Triathlons. At the BB2014 start line. A selfie at the BB2014 start.  Going into the race my goals were to finish and to earn a "Beat Your Age Award".  Since I am 55, my time needed to be 54:59 (8:50 pace) or less.  This doesn't sound too difficult since I've run half marathons faster than this pace but the BB is a tough course.  The first 4 miles are pretty much rolling uphill then mile 5 is a nice downhill but the last half mile includes uphill again. The race could not have gone much better for me.  The weather was perfect (low 50's) and I felt great from the start.  I went out a little too fast for the first mile and made myself slow down since I knew

For several months I have been running and living with several nagging discomforts.  While training for the Maui Oceanfront Marathon in the January, I developed bursitis in my left hip, tendonitis in my right foot and in both knees.  Also somewhere along the way I developed a sports hernia in my right groin.  Earlier this year, I went to physical therapy twice for the foot pain but pretty much ignored the other pains.  After the Fargo half marathon I had had enough and decided to go see the Dr.  My regular Dr has been out for months due to a bicycle accident, so I went to see Dr Tod Sweeney, who specializes in Sports Medicine.  He diagnosed everything I listed above and told me to go see a physical therapist.  Thanks to a recommendation from a friend, I found a P/T (Douglas Wisoff) that is also a popular running coach.  This blog post is intended to detail my visit to the Running Coach. 20 May 2014 Douglas tested my muscles for flexibility and range of motion and also videoed me run

Why would anyone intentionally go to Fargo North Dakota?  A great question indeed!  Well, I intentionally went and actually enjoyed the trip.  Mostly so I could add state number 7 to my "run a full or half marathon in every state" goal.  But also because I've never visited North Dakota and was curious if people really talk like the folks in the FARGO movie! "Yah", "you betcha", the movie is kinda weird and not sure I would recommend, but it was the first thing I thought of when looking to run in North Dakota.  Now on to the trip and race review. Registration for the race was easy and there was great email communication up to the day of the event.  Hotels close to the finish were a bit difficult to find unless you registered many months in advance.  I registered in February, 3 months before the event, and the best hotel options were already taken.  We ended up staying at Comfort Suites Fargo which was about 7 miles from the race st