Cliff

Reading this made my morning, congrats!

Hmm, is biking easier? It could be. Yes, you get to roll down hills or coast to take a break. There is one effort I can use to compare, Mt. Washington. I am no speedster at either running or riding. I ran Mt. Washington 4 times, and rode it once in the official road races. All my times are around the same, 2 hours(ish). All 5 trips up were hard, the ride was the hardest physical event I've ever done. I don't think I'll ever do it again. The runs were hard, but I'll happily do it again, once Covid settles down.

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I've been cycling more than running for about 10 years. That's the nature of cycling. You never know who's going to crush you. I'm a much stronger rider than my wife, but one year she was training a lot, we went out for a ride, she killed me. I upgraded my ride last January. Bikes are still really hard to find. This superbike is my dream bike, I cannot believe how lucky I got they had it in stock. It's my size, and a custom color you need to order - it was sitting there on a pedestal, I needed to buy it. https://ctreeves.smugmug.com/Bike/Madone/ Sorry to keep hearing you're not able to get back to running.

Congrats! Did you see Tommy Rivers?

Sounds very frustrating.

That sounds like a good idea.

Celiac disease?

Like @CompulsiveRunner suggested, I am still working on tendinitis in my left foot. No running in the last few months. I just got back to riding (indoors it's -1 today) and it has helped lift my spirits. I had been working with a PT for a couple of months, but for unrelated reasons, I needed to stop. It took me a while, but I progressed to where he allowed me to push through the pain.

Merry Christmas

While I've never run at your level, I feel your pain. A few months ago I ran through a little zing I felt. Seemed silly not too, it truly was just one quick little zing. Then that turned into a brief pain in my heel, again ran through it. That progressed into the first few minutes were a little painful, but went away. You guessed it, I foolishly kept this up to the point the whole run was either uncomfortable or painful. I haven't been able to run in at least a couple of months, and riding is pretty much out too. Been in PT for about 4 or 5 weeks. Typing this with my boot on. Not a real boot, more of a sleeping boot. It's too big to sleep with so I have a Strassburg sock for sleeping, and twice a day exercises. Hopefully will be back to running / riding in a few more weeks or months. No idea what the actual diagnosis is. Several spots with tendinitis, possibly plantar fasciitis too. This too shall pass.

Welcome

Welcome. Most people seem to post in the blog section named Bloopers.

New plan. The Runner's World was awful. I love my treadmill for the iFit. Monday I did a run, first in a series, for becoming competitive in a 5k. Lots of warnings for the first 10 minutes that this is not for beginners. While I'm not fast, I think I qualify as above a beginner. It's a 7 week series. Run 1 was in a Costa Rican jungle. This is much more what I had in mind, still hard, but beautiful scenery.