http://www.seejonrun.com The Life, Times and Time Trials of Jon Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:17:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, after recurring overuse injuries I took several months off. Sarted running a month ago with no more than 2 miles at a time. I'm now up to three to four 4 mile runs per week but I'm building up slowly. Did lots of cross training while ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=32 As I've mentioned in several posts, I've suffered for several years with plantars fasciitis (PF). While I don't consider myself to be an expert on PF, I do think I've probably aquiried enough knowledge to give some useful practicle advice. Here's my history with PF. About 5 ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=31 Ok, I feel like I'm finally really back at this running thing again with no problems or pain. Feeling pretty good. I've managed to get some 10 milers in and the latest was an 8 minute pace, not bad. I don't have any race plans at this point ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=29 Sometimes I wonder if maybe I'm getting too old and should stop putting my body through all this torture. I've been running along for the last two years with one injury after another. The best I've felt lately is during the training this past fall when I went ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=28 After the miserable experience at Boston, I decided I really need to heal everything up before I attempt another marathon. Boston was April 20 and I didn't plan on any marathons until Oct. 25th. That gives me 6 months (3 months to heal and 3 months to start ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=27 Well, the last time I wrote I was taining for the Boston Marathon. That was a marathon disaster for me. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. My Plantars Fasciitis never totally healed properly but worse than that I developed shin splints. I should have ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=24 Well I'm finally back to training.  When I last wrote Nick and I had just finished the Marine Corp Marathon.  That was a disaster because of some nutrition and Plantar's fasciitis (PF) problems.  Nutrition is something I should have had control over but the PF is another story.  I had PF about four ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=22 Well training for Boston was a real problem this year. After all the problelms I had at the Marine Corp Marathon I had to take some serious time off. After several attempts at training I was finally able to start running in February which didn't give me much ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=23 All I have to say is thank goodness this race is ALL DONE….. The Marine Corps Marathoners had an interesting weekend. I was very worried about my Plantars Fasciitis problems and less worried about nutrition than I should have been. The crew (Nick and his wife Katie, Me and my ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=21 Last week of training for the 2007 MCM. This week calls for an 8 miler on Sunday then just some short runs during the week with the marathon next Sunday. My foot is still giving me lots of trouble with plantars fasciitis so I may not be doing much running ... http://www.seejonrun.com/?p=20