The Official Thread for Runners

[Harriet]

Just a lurker, but that was an inspiring write up, OhioBlue. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats on reaching your goal!

[PaloAltoCougar]

Dazzling performance, OB. And good observations about how all that matters is one's performance relative to one's goals. Very satisfying.

[Moliere]

Congrats OB!! I can't imagine the elation and it's obviously well deserved.

Thanks for the inspiring write up.

[Pheidippides]

Huge. Awesome. Incredible. Nice job!

[BigPiney]

You must have played a lot of beach volleyball this summer!

Congrats. That was fun to read.

Lol, I was thinking the same thing.

[MarkGrace]

Impressive, OB!

[OhioBlue]

As a follow-up to the sub-20 race, I went out a couple weeks later and came in 2nd overall. Only 180 or so runners, hence the unusual finish. The funny part, though, is that this is the exact same race where last year I also finished 2nd overall. And the same guy came in first both years. It's likely as close as I'll get to winning, and kinda crazy for it to happen exactly the same two years in a row. I didn't even know I was in 2nd until I asked the volunteers at the end how many people came in ahead of me. Oh, and he obliterated me by three and a half minutes. So if anyone wants to medal in a race and challenge for the overall podium, come join me next year in early August.

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I have no idea where third place dude went; I promise there were more than two entrants in the race.
Now I'm in the middle of a couple weeks off, no running, barely any exercise at all, and then I'll have to figure out a new goal.

[MarkGrace]

Nice shorts

[MarkGrace]

I have this weird knot in my leg. I'd say it's about midway down my calf muscle next to the bone. Feels like maybe the size of a marble and is really hard. If I lift my toes up, it disappears and you can't feel the hard ball anymore. I've had the thing for like a year now and it never seems to go away -- I've tried massaging it (just rubbing on the pressure point) and using the foam roller. Any other ideas?

[cougjunkie]

I have this weird knot in my leg. I'd say it's about midway down my calf muscle next to the bone. Feels like maybe the size of a marble and is really hard. If I lift my toes up, it disappears and you can't feel the hard ball anymore. I've had the thing for like a year now and it never seems to go away -- I've tried massaging it (just rubbing on the pressure point) and using the foam roller. Any other ideas?

Congrats on your first muscle!

[MarkGrace]

Congrats on your first muscle!

Man I wish. Thing has been bugging me forever and won't go away.

[Donuthole]

Congrats on your first muscle!

lol. Well played.

[hostile]

I have this weird knot in my leg. I'd say it's about midway down my calf muscle next to the bone. Feels like maybe the size of a marble and is really hard. If I lift my toes up, it disappears and you can't feel the hard ball anymore. I've had the thing for like a year now and it never seems to go away -- I've tried massaging it (just rubbing on the pressure point) and using the foam roller. Any other ideas?

inside or outside part of the leg? is it painful?

[MarkGrace]

inside or outside part of the leg? is it painful?

Outside. Not so painful that I've stopped running, but gives me some discomfort running and I can feel it even when I walk. If I push directly on it I feel soreness, but I don't know that painful is the right word. I always just assumed it was a knot in the muscle, but no matter how much I rub it the thing it never releases and it feels usually hard for what I typically think of as a muscle knot. It's not so uncomfortable that it prevents me from activity, just mostly annoys me because it's legitimately been there since last summer, and maybe even a little longer.

[falafel]

You should be on Medical Mysteries!