A weblog focused on: running, healthy living, reading, & other. Mostly running.
Tonight is shaping up to be a busy night in downtown St. Catharines.
Happening at the NAC, (354 St. Paul Street) starting at 7pm will be the launch of the Irregular Artifact Press (IAP). The project’s inaugural event is a collaboration of literary artists, musicians, video artists and um, art,…
Irregular Artifact Press Launch Party
I’ll be there tonight. Hopefully not coughing up a storm. Come on out and support some wonderfully talented artists, poets, friends.
I’m still here. This blog is still about running. I’m just dealing with a very nasty virus. This Monday will be two weeks since my last run. The funeral, the stress, the virus. It’s been a bad two weeks. I miss running and the relief that it provides. Here’s hoping that this nasty cough will be cleared up by Monday. I’m ready to start training. Race season is upon us.
Coming up on two weeks of non-running. Funerals, sickness, crazy work hours.
I miss the open road.
The good news: I’m on the mend. My cough is not as severe as it has been the past few days.
The bad news: I still haven’t run in more than a week and I probably won’t be able to until the end of this week, early next.
I’m still sick and I haven’t run in a week now. Ugh. I think I’m dying.
The Fart Party (Vol. 1) by Julia Wertz
The brilliance of Julia Wertz is her ability to take the seemingly every day frustrations, joys, weird moments of living, working, etc. and make them accessible to the rest of us. And yet she does this while she still keeps her personal relationships with her family and bf at the forefront. The story is hers and yet we can all relate. Her semi-weekly/monthly updates to her blog are worth the wait and so too this collection of asides as she documents living her with boyfriend and writing comics for a living.
This is one of my favourite panels and it should provide you with all the evidence you need to purchase everything she’s published.
5/5
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
- Abraham Lincoln
It’s been a very stressful week here at ‘Hotel G’.
One of my closest friends lost her mother. I cannot even imagine what she has been through this week. The suddenness of losing a loved one like that, something I think only those who experience it can truly comprehend. There has been much introspection and hugging of people I love in my life this past week.
What with the visits, wake, funeral, I’ll be honest. I’m glad to have this week end. As I’m sure she is too, as I hope this is a way to move forward. It is still going to be some time before things can resume any kind of normality but one day at a time I suppose and she has a strong support network, she is much loved by all those that surround her.
I’ve only run once this past week and now I fear I am on the path to sickness. My throat is soar and phlegm-y. Picking it up from my father it seems who is suffering in the middle of the same type of sickness. A rough week all around.
I’m glad to be done with it. Will resume normal blogging of running/books next after the weekend.
Oh. Go out and hug someone, tell them you love them.
Hey G! Question: I went for a more challenging run (aka I'm out of shape...) on Sunday. I noticed the outside of my left foot became very sore throughout the run. It is now Wed night and the pain has no subsided or even dulled. Have you experienced anything like this ? Recommendations ? New shoes?
lowsideoftheroad
From my own personal experience, could be a few things:
1. You’ve not run such a distance (aka out of shape) and so you’ve put stress on your foot. In which case you’ve probably hurt some muscles. If it’s still hurting after this weekend, may have to see a doctor. Try to stay off it. Ice and elevate. If possible light footwear, sandals for a few days to let your feet relax. Stay off of them as much as you can.
2. Shoes are a bit more tricky, it’s different for everyone. Are you aware of how you strike when you run during your stride? Do you overpronate (turn inwards) or underpronate? It may be a case of needing shoes with more stability. Or something lighter-weight and more in the style of barefoot (which is really popular at the moment with many runners). It’s hard to say.
If the pain goes away, that means you just worked out your muscles too much and were also probably not wearing the proper running gear. I’d suggest hitting up the Running Room (there’s one just past the Penn Centre) and talking with one of their salespeople. They’re very helpful and I find you don’t even have to buy from them in order to get their advice. You’ll want to though, their gear is sweet. Let the end of this week hit and see how your feet are feeling. Hit them up and tell them wear the pain is and if possible bring in the shoes you currently run on. Often you can tell how a person is running based on the wear of the tread on their shoes. Will also give a sense of your running form, maybe the time between your strides is too fast or not fast enough.
I know I’m probably not helping much by asking so many questions, but there are so many variables. It’s something you have to sort of just play by ear. See how it is as the end of the week, if you need to see a doctor - do so. If it gets better, then consult a running room salesperson and see what they would advise.
Good luck.
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[Running] transported him, taking his mind to another place, very deep within. Like prayer.
- Richard Christian Matheson, “Third Wind”
Haha.
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