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SarahH – how I got here

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Hi hiprunners,

Greetings from Day 9 following an anterior THR (uncemented ceramic/ceramic). Thanks to all of you who have posted about your own experiences, they gave me a much better idea of what to expect during my stay in the clinic.

Before I start posting updates I thought I’d first provide some history.

My backstory

I’m 49. While I consider myself more of a cyclist, for most of the past decade running has been my unrequited love. I’ve had a lot of running injuries just training for measly sprint & olympic tri’s. It’s been rather embarrassing and extremely humbling, especially since I was a decent sprinter in my youth.

It wasn’t until my late 20s that I got over my fear of ‘distance’ (read: anything over 400m), but from then to my mid-30s I was able to run casually and do the occasional 10k and even a half marathon without much thought.

Then we moved to France, and for the first few years I all but stopped exercising. After hitting 40, I decided to lose the extra weight, then to get back in shape I joined an expat triathlon club. While I really enjoyed training regularly and taking part in tri’s, every season I’d get some sort of show-stopper injury and would end up DNS for most of my events.

The magic formula: strength + frequency

After 6 years of trying out the usual suggestions (cadence, core galore, a run coach, etc..) only to be hit with another season-ender, I suspected my problem might be that my back and hips are so darn mobile that I need extra muscle to stabilize them enough to withstand training, never mind competing!

So I changed two things starting Jan 2019.

  1. Learn how to lift ‘heavy ‘ in the gym (by end of year I got up to 65kg for deadlift & squats, slightly over my body weight)
  2. Run slower but more often to improve run economy (If curious, google ‘BarryP 3:2:1 running’)

Hallelujah! Instead of getting injured from running a measly 3x/week, I was able to run 4-6x/week and felt great. My run … (Click Here to View Full Post and Comments)

Rick G. – THR Update

Rick Garraton

Sorry for not providing updates, the Army has kept me busy these past couple of months. Throw-in the Holidays, and you can imagine. Well, since my initial post, I was on my way to my first of two THRs, but a pre-surgery MRI revealed that I had a growth on my left kidney. Long story short, all is OK. A follow-on CT scan revealed that I have benign cycts and my left kidney function is not compromised. So, I’ve been cleared for a right hip THR on February 4. Now, my wife and I have to figure out where I’m going to live during my recuperation post surgery. Our house is an old Kansas farmhouse without a shower in the first floor. I think I can climb stairs going up, but I think that coming down is going to be another story. I’m hoping that some of you can provide some input on how to get the house ready for this surgery.… (Click Here to View Full Post and Comments)