Galen Rupp OUT of Houston Half Marathon with plantar fasciitis

pardon me, what do you mean with rupp certified?? is this a wordplay only native american speakers can relate to or only running nerds (which shud include me but i am out on dis one)??

PF is a result of a weak tibialis anterior muscle (shin). Strengthen that bad boy and peace will reign.

I hope my pal Galen isn't reading this thread cos the poor fella's going to be totally confused on which treatment to use, could take him 12 months to get through them all.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

Organizers announced today that Rupp is out.

"Unfortunately I will be unable to race on Sunday due to plantar fasciitis in my foot," said Rupp. "It is improving, but not enough to run a half marathon on. I hope to get the chance to run the Aramco Houston Half Marathon in the future."

Mare Dibaba (death in family) and Tigist Tufa (injury) are out of the women's race as well.

NSAID injection surely?

The Fake News Network wrote:

PF is a result of a weak tibialis anterior muscle (shin). Strengthen that bad boy and peace will reign.

Think you may have something there:

OK, I waded through this thread and am struck by how it deteriorated into a discussion of PF. This is supposed to be about Rupp. Early on, many posters saw this for what it is:

An excuse. Most of the worthwhile posters seemed to think Rupp is just trying to get out of being ridiculed by all of us for not winning the race nor breaking AR. While true, this is incomplete.

He's setting up an excuse for Boston. For either not coming close to winning or for the more likely last-minute DNS. Watch out for Hasay's injury announcement soon. A DNF on NOP's record ain't gonna look good!

He doesn't have plantar anything.

The weather is not in his favor, and why go and run and not break the AR?

He's just sand bagging.

And that's smart.

Betcha a dollar he's seen training on the Newton Hills within 10 days....

Nikes shoes suck! He should switch to brooks and have Salazar sow a Nike upper on them.

Nike has cornered the market on PF with their high heel drop, cramped toebox and spongy midsoles.

I got it years ago from their crap shoes (my last pair) and was hobbled for a year. I was showing someone the trigger point for sciatic pain (priformis) and *zing* it shot into my foot. After five minutes with my massage stick, I was pain-free ever since.

Also, running a mile barefoot every 10 will greatly help.

An Important Word from wrote:

Hasay PF last year, Rupp PF this year. What's the cause?

PF is just air.

The Fake News Network wrote:

PF is a result of a weak tibialis anterior muscle (shin). Strengthen that bad boy and peace will reign.

Rupp has been training and racing at a high level for years but his tibialis anterior muscle is weak all of the sudden? If that was the cause, then the weakness is from overuse and the LAST thing you want to do is try and strengthen an overworked muscle.

Hey We Have wrote:

I'm old. I never heard of PF injuries in the 1970s and 1980s. I totally blame the shoes.

"Old" and "knowledgeable" are not synonyms.

Yes it's his first time injuried with PF. He really not had an injury. Here is my take... He's transitioning from track to roads. That will take some time to adapt. He's been remarkable. Since 2010 he's broken 3 records. Been to the olympics and brought home 2 medals. Last year he did 2 marathons. Very hard ones with high heat and completion. Remember he's still a beginning marathoner. Another change he's not doing as much strength trading too. Injuries happen. He's has escaped it for many years. Where there is a high there will be a fall. Either you take a break and rest or your body will make you do out for you by showing up as an injury. I think he might go a bad patch but most runners do. Meb, shakiness, all have had injuries. I think it would of been a good plan if he had taken a down year after all he did last year. But he will be forced to rest. It will be a good thing.

tibialis anterior wrote:

The Fake News Network wrote:

PF is a result of a weak tibialis anterior muscle (shin). Strengthen that bad boy and peace will reign.

Think you may have something there:

http://teachmeanatomy.info/wp-content/uploads/Muscles-of-the-Anterior-Leg.jpg

What?

That is a pretty picture with colors.

The extensor hallucis longus muscle which extends and lifts the 1st (big) toe is an interesting muscle which you don't really notice that much…until it stops working.

I remember the time in 2007 when I had a complete rupture of the nucleus pulposus of my L-5 lumbar disc, which then squeezed out a bunch of glycosaminoglycan gel into the L-5 nerve root and sciatic nerve, which runs down the back of the leg and divides into the tibial and common peroneal nerves. The common peroneal nerve then branches into the superficial peroneal nerve and the the deep peroneal nerve. The extensor hallucis muscle receives innervation from the deep peroneal nerve.

This unfortunate event caused the extensor hallucis muscle to not work…and I lost the ability to lift my big toe and developed 'foot drop", which is a classic sign for an L-5 nerve problem. I also lost feeling to my lower leg and top of my foot (scary). My diagnosis was confirmed by an MRI and 3 different neurosurgeons, who all said that I needed surgery or I would never be able to walk correctly ever again.

It turns out I decided to not do the surgery... because it makes me nervous... and instead I crawled around in absolutely incredible pain for about 3 weeks…and then I started to rehab myself by doing yoga (which I have done since the age of 10). I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even do downward dog. It took years of hard work to get better.

Today, I have little pain and my back is as flexible as when I was 10 years old. I can also run as well now as before my injury almost 10 years ago.

One of the 3 neurosurgeons who said I would never be able to walk correctly without surgery...is now dead.

In conclusion:

I have a question for you:

What does the tibialis anterior muscle have to do with causing plantar fasciitis?

Go:

We'll probably see him at the NYC Half instead.

When I was in 8th grade and running in Chuck Taylor high top basketball sneakers, I remember my foot hurting so bad after track practice that I had to sit down for about ten minutes.

Then the pain went away and I was able to walk my normal 2 miles home.

Move forward about 30 years and I developed Plantar Fasciitis in both feet the same practice. Were the two incidents related?

I don't know but I would assume that it's possible that they caught it early in Rupp's case and he will be okay.

I do not agree that Salazar is a good coach because I think he pushes runners to the brink, especially with his all-out workouts after a race. That is unnecessary and probably leads to psychological problems later, which might be the case here.

The body may be okay with it, but the mind is stronger and gets what it wants.

You are insane

Paul Chelimo Fan Club.com wrote:

rjm33 wrote:

What??? Are you kidding? They tell us this now???

We had an 8 page thread about Galen's half-marathon race in Houston.

There is only one obvious cause of Galen's plantar fasciitis:

1) another stupid idea by Alberto.

Your comment about Leonard Korir is nice but when Leonard Korir crosses the finish line…rojo will say that Paul Chelimo just won the race with a great sprint over Scot Callum Hawkins.

That was also some nice spelling you did with "plantar fasciitis" which has 2 "i"s in a row in the word "fasciitis".

Rojo would not be able to deal with a spelling like that.

In conclusion:

The situation at Letsrun.com is still completely hopeless in 2017.

Paul Chelimo for the win!!!

Paul Chelimo!