Northeast Running Services

Part 1 of 3 As an update from my last blog post, I have now gotten two shots of cortisone in my lower back, where I have an extruded, torn, and dessicated disc in my L5-S1 vertebrae. The first one hurt quite a bit, finding an apex at about 3 days after the shot, and  Read more »

 Nate Jenkins and Ruben Sanca went out hard as expected. I started half way between them and the pack. After a 4:46 opening mile I decided to drift back to the back rather than running alone or trying to go with Nate and Ruben. It ended up being a mistake but I’ll get to that.  Read more »

I got my first cortisone injection in my back on Monday of this week, and I have to admit I was really looking forward to it.  I didn’t even mind fasting for 6 hours before so that I wouldn’t get sick from the anesthesia.  The prospect of reducing my pain was something to look forward  Read more »