Rockin the Ages and the Corporation!! - UPDATED!!

UPDATE:  I hit 100 Followers....so as promised...stay tuned for an AWESOME Giveaway later this week!
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Thursday night I went to see the Broadway Musical Rock of Ages.  Have you seen it?  It's AWESOME!!  If you love, love, love 80s hair bands, you will love this show!  There were alot of people at the show who I'm pretty sure did not enjoy it however.  It cracks me up sometimes that people don't actually double check to find out what a play is about - they just buy tickets to "The Theatre" or a "Broadway show" to say that they did and then I think they are a little surprised.  Anyway, if it's in your town and you love old school rock - I would highly recommend it.  If you are an American Idol fan it stars Constantine Maroulis - from a few seasons ago.  And gentleman - it also stars lots of scantly clad young ladies - so there's something in it for you too.  It was seriously alot of fun and I think if we could have gotten tickets my girlfriends and I might have gone to see it again.



Yes, that's three Grown Women - Trying to be all Rock N' Roll



Me & my BFF Cindy

Yes, Here we go again!

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Saturday morning I got up bright and early to compete in the Corporate Challenge 5K.  I said to Jim in the morning "Hey, do you know how you know you are a real runner?"  -  "When you run for your company in a 5K race"......then I started laughing, because this is totally not true, but it sounded funny.

Pre-race....ready to run

Check-in

Cheesy pre-race grin

Finish...finally!

I was still feeling a little under the weather, slow and sluggish.  I had trouble breathing and getting into any kind of rhythm during the entire 5K, but I completed it.  I went out way too fast (for me) and finished my first mile in 10:27.  Of course almost the entire first mile is downhill; the problem with that is you pay for that downhill the rest of the race.  It is a very, very hilly course for a 5K a total of  220 ft of elevation (which all happens in miles 2 and 3 - seriously mile 1 is almost all downhill).  Comparatively speaking my half marathon last week had 342 feet of elevation for 13 miles.  Anyway, the first mile took it out of me completely - my own fault, and so my last two miles were both 12:24.  I finished in 36:16, an average pace of 11:41.  I ran this same race in 2009 (oddly enough exactly one week after my first half marathon) and completed it in 36:25.  Well I guess I improved, but I would have liked to see more improvement than that :(

This past week, I started having some toe pain again.  I had this pain about 2 years ago and I ended up in a boot for 6 weeks.  It is the exact same pain.  The diagnosis was Capsulitis, which is basically just an inflammation of the toe joint.  I was also diagnosed with Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome (yes similar to Carpal Tunnel) - it's a nerve that runs through the arch of the foot and ankle.  Luckily I am only have the toe pain.  I am worried that it will get worse but I'm trying to push through it, but also be good to my feet when I'm not running i.e. wearing my custom orthodics again.  Yes I am an OLD woman!!  I need my feet to be well because.........

This week I start my Hyvee Triathlon training plan.  I am a full 3 weeks behind schedule already and I need to hit my training hard!

Has anyone else ever had serious foot/nerve pain that was recurring?  Ever find a cure that worked for you?