Question to Ed Whitlock

Ed Whitlock wrote:

[quote]Question for Ed wrote:

Hi Ed,

How is your training going? Any races on the schedule this year?

Thanks

I am continuing to have problems with all kinds of aches and pains, knee, hip, shoulder. I have not done much training in the last couple of months. Keep starting again then some problem comes up. Hard to say when things are going to improve and I will be able to race..

Ed

lol Ed, now you're sounding like a sprinter!

Bump this thread. Always an inspiration.

[quote]Plantar Pain wrote:

Hi Ed,

I recall reading that you suffered from plantar faciitis in your fifties. How did you deal with it? Did you utilize any special treatment methods?

I can't remember all the details now, but basically I just stopped running until the pain went away. It took more than a year. It started suddenly in a cross country race due to a poor foot fall in rough terrain. Ed

I had it for about 3-4 months in 2007. It felt like a nail was drilled into my heel.

Among other things, I tried an injection and wearing a strassburg sock, which would be bunched up around my ankle in the morning when I woke up. Nothing worked.

One day the plantar fasciitis was gone. No orthotics or anything else. Never came back.

It's been 8 years, and I haven't even had a flare-up.

Wish it could have been the same for this blanking sciatica, which I've had for almost 2 1/2 years...

I just got over PF. Believe it or not - and I didn't - epsom salt baths were really effective. I only tried them out of desperation, but, they seemed to work. Massage, too, had helped some earlier on.

Thanks Ed.

Ed Whitlock wrote:

[quote]Plantar Pain wrote:

Hi Ed,

I recall reading that you suffered from plantar faciitis in your fifties. How did you deal with it? Did you utilize any special treatment methods?

I can't remember all the details now, but basically I just stopped running until the pain went away. It took more than a year. It started suddenly in a cross country race due to a poor foot fall in rough terrain. Ed

Thanks for your info. Did it hurt while running or just while getting out of bed, etc.My heel pain started about a month ago. I can run without issue....zero pain. However, the next morning it aches when I come down the stairs or if I have been sitting at my desk for hours (which happens a little too often these days).I'm trying to decide whether I should keep resting it or run through it. I have yet to visit a physician as like a lot of runners, I avoid them like the plague.

theohiostate wrote:

I had it for about 3-4 months in 2007. It felt like a nail was drilled into my heel.

Among other things, I tried an injection and wearing a strassburg sock, which would be bunched up around my ankle in the morning when I woke up. Nothing worked.

One day the plantar fasciitis was gone. No orthotics or anything else. Never came back.

It's been 8 years, and I haven't even had a flare-up.

Wish it could have been the same for this blanking sciatica, which I've had for almost 2 1/2 years...

Thank for the tip! I may just try that.

Link wrote:

I just got over PF. Believe it or not - and I didn't - epsom salt baths were really effective. I only tried them out of desperation, but, they seemed to work. Massage, too, had helped some earlier on.

What I did was "open" and "flex" my foot on the most tender spots over a foot rubs ball. You could use a golf ball. DO this 30 times.

Then I bought a $4 rolling pin at Wal-Mart, it's wooden. I roll over my entire foot 30 times.

Then a regular calf stretch, a bent knee calf stretch, a big toe stretch. Do these each for 40 seconds each.

Do this 3-7 times a day. You'll start noticing relief pretty quickly. Mine healed while still running almost 50 miles a week.

Ed

I realize it is treason to recommend teaining tips but have you ever thought of just running every other day? It might help you recover and mitigate to some extent your injuries. You might be able go further on the days you run and totally take the next day off.

LastChance

I was thinking that, or maybe cutting back a little on the hours. 2:59? But there is no way to stop aging, okay to fight it hard as we can but have to be smart about it. I hope to retire in about 2 years and getting back to higher mileage and better recovery instead of wobbling off to work.

LastChanceRunner wrote:

Ed

I realize it is treason to recommend teaining tips but have you ever thought of just running every other day? It might help you recover and mitigate to some extent your injuries. You might be able go further on the days you run and totally take the next day off.

LastChance

LastChanceRunner wrote:

Ed

I realize it is treason to recommend teaining tips but have you ever thought of just running every other day? It might help you recover and mitigate to some extent your injuries. You might be able go further on the days you run and totally take the next day off.

LastChance

My workouts are deliberately easy,so I don't feel the effects the following day.After a race if I am sore I will take a day off or more. When I start running again after a layoff the duration of my runs are only 10 or 15 minuted and I only increase very gradually. Depending on the duration of the layoff it would take about a year to get to 3 hours and that assumes no interruptions.because of issues. If I feel tired I will cut the workout short. If that started to become normal I probably would cut back to every other day.

Ed

Ed,

I'd appreciate it if you can provide some background on the extent of your knee arthritis from years back. Did you have complete cartilage loss in a particular part of the knee or was it just mild case of OA? Thanks.

no run today wrote:

Ed,

I'd appreciate it if you can provide some background on the extent of your knee arthritis from years back. Did you have complete cartilage loss in a particular part of the knee or was it just mild case of OA? Thanks.

Just some OA, probably less than most people my age. I do seem to get these re-current bouts of knee pain behind the patella which come on for no apparent reason and then finally go away with some rest. Other people tell me it is because of muscle imbalance causing poor tracking. That may be so but I am not wholly convinced. I think I always run in much the same way and run for long periods with no symptoms then all of a sudden there is a problem. It doesn't seem that it is the result of a period of high mileage or trauma from racing.

Tracking can also be affected by a sideways slope of the surface, and by sideways and/or motion control shoes.

Hi, Ed:

What's the latest these days with you? Hope you're going strong.

theohiostate wrote:

Hi, Ed:

What's the latest these days with you? Hope you're going strong.

I'm certainly not going strong. This year every time I get to about 6 weeks of training some new problem seems to come up. I am currently just starting again, hoping for the best this time so that I can tackle the indoor season next year.

Any potential for running a race in the US? Would make the drive, if it wasn't too far. Best to you.

We will be pulling for you Ed. I admire that you continue to push to the very edge, your willingness to redefine the boundaries of our sport will go on and on for all to come. You are truly a trailblazer.

Ed Whitlock wrote:

theohiostate wrote:

Hi, Ed:

What's the latest these days with you? Hope you're going strong.

I'm certainly not going strong. This year every time I get to about 6 weeks of training some new problem seems to come up. I am currently just starting again, hoping for the best this time so that I can tackle the indoor season next year.