So I found out today that my health insurance have deemed that my injury is a pre-existing one, and therefore will not cover the cost of my surgery. They have made the decision based on the fact that my injury occurred very close to my joining date. Too close it seems.
So now I'll pay for it myself and cancel my insurance, so fuck you HBA.
It is my birthday today so I took the day off from any barefoot exercising and will start fresh tomorrow.
Thursday 31 March 2011
Monday 28 March 2011
Autumn Love
What a magnificent Melbourne autumn day.
I took a 45 minute walk in my Trail Gloves and then finished off with a 30 second jog.
The thing that struck me today was just how easy i did jog up that slight hill, albeit only for 30 seconds. It was just about the most effortless running i've experienced since I can't remember when.
I'm planning on wearing my Vibram KSOs tomorrow for my gym session and more walking, more 30 second jogging and also incorporating some one-legged hopping and squatting.
I must admit at feeling envious of all the other runners running around today, but I know that patience needs to be my greatest virtue on this endeavour. Hopefully I'll be rewarded by being able to run as naturally as possible and free from injury.
I took a 45 minute walk in my Trail Gloves and then finished off with a 30 second jog.
The thing that struck me today was just how easy i did jog up that slight hill, albeit only for 30 seconds. It was just about the most effortless running i've experienced since I can't remember when.
I'm planning on wearing my Vibram KSOs tomorrow for my gym session and more walking, more 30 second jogging and also incorporating some one-legged hopping and squatting.
I must admit at feeling envious of all the other runners running around today, but I know that patience needs to be my greatest virtue on this endeavour. Hopefully I'll be rewarded by being able to run as naturally as possible and free from injury.
Saturday 26 March 2011
Pep runs - The Prequel
Just a little history.
I used to be a runner. I ran consistently between 2002 and 2007 and in this time I completed the 2005 Melbourne Marathon, ran 4 half - marathons and a variety of fun runs. I also did a year with the Coburg Harriers in Athletics Victoria which I enjoyed a lot.
Then I just kind of stopped.
I haven't analysed it too much other than I'm sure that I had lost motivation because I really didn't miss running in the subsequent 3 years of inactivity.
Anyway, in October 2010 I was listening to the radio and a story about the upcoming Melbourne Marathon came on and I suddenly got inspired. The fact that I was 16 kilograms heavier at this time than when I had completed the marathon 5 years earlier, was definitely beginning to weigh on my mind as well.
So I started running again. Slowly (not by choice) and steadily (at least this was under my control).
Then in February, after possibly going a bit early with extra speed work, I injured my knee and has since been diagnosed as a medial meniscus tear.
This brings us to now, and it's now been 6 weeks since I have last run in anger. This blog is going to document my running world leading up to my arthroscopic surgery and beyond. What I have been doing in the mean time is trying to transition to barefoot/minimalist running. For now I'm simply spending as much time barefoot as possible and lots of walking and associated exercises. I also have some Vibram Fivefingers and Merrell trail Gloves which I'll rotate when I start running again.
This whole barefoot thing did admittedly start with reading "Born to Run". In combination with my injury imposed inactivity, I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity for me to see if I can do something about my bio-mechanics, since I basically have to learn to run again.
I'm just itching to actually try a run when I'm pain free.
Ok time for bed I think.
I used to be a runner. I ran consistently between 2002 and 2007 and in this time I completed the 2005 Melbourne Marathon, ran 4 half - marathons and a variety of fun runs. I also did a year with the Coburg Harriers in Athletics Victoria which I enjoyed a lot.
Then I just kind of stopped.
I haven't analysed it too much other than I'm sure that I had lost motivation because I really didn't miss running in the subsequent 3 years of inactivity.
Anyway, in October 2010 I was listening to the radio and a story about the upcoming Melbourne Marathon came on and I suddenly got inspired. The fact that I was 16 kilograms heavier at this time than when I had completed the marathon 5 years earlier, was definitely beginning to weigh on my mind as well.
So I started running again. Slowly (not by choice) and steadily (at least this was under my control).
Then in February, after possibly going a bit early with extra speed work, I injured my knee and has since been diagnosed as a medial meniscus tear.
This brings us to now, and it's now been 6 weeks since I have last run in anger. This blog is going to document my running world leading up to my arthroscopic surgery and beyond. What I have been doing in the mean time is trying to transition to barefoot/minimalist running. For now I'm simply spending as much time barefoot as possible and lots of walking and associated exercises. I also have some Vibram Fivefingers and Merrell trail Gloves which I'll rotate when I start running again.
This whole barefoot thing did admittedly start with reading "Born to Run". In combination with my injury imposed inactivity, I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity for me to see if I can do something about my bio-mechanics, since I basically have to learn to run again.
I'm just itching to actually try a run when I'm pain free.
Ok time for bed I think.
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