What ever it takes!

Feeling a little bit sick today, head cold or something so I just kind of ran at a slow cruise control to try and get feeling better. 

31 laps 1:24 avg lap = 8:40 pace

I finally got in to Dr. Albano today, he went in with his little ultra sound machine (turnes out I'm having a boy) but he said for the most part it looks like the torn muscle is pretty much healed but found a lot of scare tissue and calcium deposits that he suspects are the problem.  He went in with some saline solution to disove the deposits and gave me a local anasthetic to test if that's really the problem.  Miraculously I was instantly healed as soon as I jumped off the table, it's so weird after 7 months of pain to all of a sudden be completely pain free.  I know the anasthetic will wear off in a few hours but there is hope.  He said I definately don't need surgery.

I don't want to get too excited here but that was a really good run this morning.  Some pain but I think that may have been from having 4 huge needles stuck in my butt yesterday.  I think just having the doctor give me the OK to run as long as it doesn't hurt really helped mentally.

37 laps 1:17 avg lap = 8:00 avg pace

37 laps, 1:18 avg lap = 8:05 avg pace.  Leg is feeling really good, I might take it out on the road this weekend and see how it holds up.  A bit of a head cold going on that made it hard to push myself at all but I'm seeing progress for sure.

Still stuffy head, 37 laps at 1:21 avg lap 8:20 pace.  The pain in my hamstring was kind of back today.  Not un-barable but back.

38 laps today in 49:35 - 1:18 avg lap = 8:05 avg pace.  Last few laps were at a decent clip.  When I got done some older lady told me I was amazing, that made me feel good but I don't feel amazing.  I want to get back to 12 miles per day at 7:05 avg pace.

Discussion point!

I got into a Facebook arguement over the Alta Snowboard thing, I only know how to snowboard and have been doing it since I was 13.  I totally get that a business can refuse service to anyone they choose, and I 'm fine with that.  I think they will probably loose this case since they have signed a lease aggreement with the Forest Service that they can't deny anyone access to public land.  But the question I really want to know is why do skiers really not want snowboards so bad?  There is documentation showing that skiers are actually more prone to critical injuries than snowboarders.  I've heard the argument that snowboarders are just big jerks but I find it hard to beleive that if you put those same people on a pair of skis they turn into nice respectible human beings.  So chime in, why do skiers and snowboarders hate each other?