… because it’s the closest thing to flying! That’s what I shared on the running (yes, that’s right!) commentary on the National Running Day Web site. Today marks the fifth year for this event, which is always held on the first Wednesday in June and organized by a coalition of…
Another Blog Birthday
My little blog is now 2 years old, as of May 24th, actually. I haven’t been tending to it too much lately. Work, grad school and prolonged dental work have occupied a great deal of my time – along with half-marathon training. Yes, I did say a half marathon, didn’t…
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Checking In
On this last day of April, I wanted to keep the commitment I made to myself when I started this blog nearly two years ago (just before my first hip scope – on my left side) to post at least once a month. (Whew, just made it!) I also thought…
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Hip-Scope Recovery, Gaga-style
No two recoveries from arthroscopic hip surgery are alike. Healing times will vary – as will triumphs and setbacks, not to mention ways we choose to pass the time just after the procedure. I spent the first three weeks after Surgery No. 1, on my left hip, working from…
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Silver Linings
The recent nor’easter and a recent bout with norovirus (a k a stomach flu) have, oddly, helped to speed up my recovery from last month’s setbacks (double workouts, severe spinning were the culprits). I guess my aching body (or, rather, aching left groin area) just need to rest some more,…
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An Update on A-Rod
Alex Rodriguez’s next arthroscopic hip surgery is set for tomorrow, Jan. 16th, according to MLB.com. The highly paid Yankees third basement is having his left hip scoped in order to repair a torn labrum, a bone impingement and remove a cyst. His right hip was scoped almost four years ago,…
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Forced to Back Off (Again)
The New Year, for me, commenced with a gust of energy: an hour-long, kick-ass spin class, followed by a community-organized 5-kilometer run through my hometown, and a little weight-lifting later in the day. Ahhh, like old times again, I said confidently to myself. But just as I thought it was…
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Happy Holidays
Last year I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day on crutches, recovering from my second arthroscopic hip surgery in one year; this time on my right side. This year I ran five miles and took a kick-ass spin class. What a difference a year makes, huh? Wishing everyone a happy,…
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Another Hip Scope for A-Rod
It’s a double-header for Alex Rodriguez. The New York Yankees announced today that its star third baseman will have to undergo yet another arthroscopic hip surgery – this one on his left side – to repair a torn labrum and bone impingement and to remove a cyst. (His right hip…
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Thankful
There are many reasons to be grateful this Thanksgiving weekend. For starters, my family and I survived Hurricane Sandy (yes, we live in hard-hit New Jersey) relatively unscathed. Even though I lost power for 10 days and my commute to New York was for awhile a two-hour odyssey each way,…