Yearly Archives: 2014

A Day of Thanks

On this official day of gratitude, I leave you with these words of inspiration. They have helped me get through some of my past, seemingly hopeless physical struggles and injuries. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the

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Lots of Changes

If you’re a loyal reader (and for that, I thank you) or a past visitor to the Catching a Third Wind blog, which chronicled my long recovery from hip impingement and labral tears, you’ve probably noticed some dramatic changes of late. The blog remains, of course, but the site has

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Runners’ Holiday

Three years ago I didn’t run, simply because I couldn’t! I was in the throes of hip-impingement agony. In the weeks before my first arthroscopic hip surgery (on my left side) in July 2011, I was having trouble just going up the stairs! The thought of running again — at

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Posted in Hip Labral Tears, My Story, Running

Welcome

Most athletes have experienced a “second wind,” that jolt of energy and strength that allows us, enervated and dispirited, to carry on. But sometimes our bodies cannot recover on their own – we need outside help so we can catch our “third wind.”

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