Will Run For Designer Jeans: Help!!!

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Help!!!

I want to thank our readers again, for #1: even reading our blog... and #2: posting such helpful and supportive comments. Thanks to all those who share my knee pain. I've been running this week, (granted only 3 miles) with no pain and I have a doctors' appointment on Thursday.

So many of you referred to "pain killers" when talking about knee pain. Question: Are these real painkillers, like from a doctor? Or are you just referring to Ibuprofen. And if the latter, how many should I take, when and where. Unfortunately, I'm counting on "painkillers" to get me through this. Isn't it funny when pain is all you are thinking about, how it can swallow you? I self diagnosed myself with a couple more injuries the other day and I'm interested to see what the doc says.

Happy Running!

4 comments:

Anne said...: Umm...mine was some mystery pain pill that my co-worker gave me (which my mother gave me so much hell for), but in subsequent races I've just used Advil. I take three at a time, before the race and depending on the length of the race I might take a few more while I'm running.

I'm glad to hear that your knees haven't been bothering you in the last few days. Hopefully that continues.; April 9, 2008 at 9:30 AM
Ang said...: I do what Anne does. I take three ibuprofen before the race (600mg total) and then I plan on taking three more at mile 13 during the marathon. I did this for my 20 mile run and it seem to work beautifully.; April 9, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Jen said...: My doc will give me samples of Celebrex which unlike Ibuprofen won't hurt your stomach. Seems to work better for me too. I take it before the race or workout and since it works for 24 hours I usually don't need any after. However if you do, you can always take Tylenol afterwards. Good luck!; April 10, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Suzie Petunia said...: Wow! I do the EXACT regimen of self-medication as anne and ang. 3 ibuprofen before and 3 half way. Works for me!; April 11, 2008 at 5:06 PM

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Will Run For Designer Jeans

It started with 6 friends with one goal: The 2008 Salt Lake City Marathon. With one marathon down, we're already getting ready for our next one, and we're finding other friends to join us in our running quests. This is a place for us to journal, share, and document our journey to the finish lines, where our reward will be great: a new pair of ridiculously expensive, but also ridiculously cute designer jeans, and hopefully, a new bootie to go in them, for every race. Everyone is welcome to post links, your own running tales, and comments, whether we know you or not! Just use the PG rating please, and thank you.