Fivos' Training Log

16:38 Splits: 5:17, 10:50 (5:33) I had a range of goals heading into this race, ranging from conservative to very aggressive. On the more co...

I know that over the last couple of years it hasn't been my habit to post frequent updates, mostly because I haven't been running al...

A couple of months ago I ran the Kaiser half and started writing a race recap afterwards but somehow managed not to save most of it. I didn...

It's time to bring this blog back to life. I think the timing is good, right after competing at the Alumni cross country meet this past ...

A monumental day! I think I can now call myself a runner again. Technically I have been "running" for the past 2 weeks but today I...

4 months have come and gone since the surgery and I'm staring to feel like my return to running is fast approaching. I know of course th...

I'm not quite ready to start running again but last Sunday I stepped outside for my first post-surgery bike ride on the road. It was pre...

I thought about putting all the details of the workouts I've done over the past few weeks in my last post but I figured it was worth bre...

It's been a while since the last post so an update was long overdue. The last few weeks have been rather eventful but I've had littl...

It's been 9 weeks since my surgery and until the last couple of days I made it through without letting the fact that I can't run get...

Last Tuesday, 54 days after my surgery, I took my first steps without crutches. I doubt there will be a bigger milestone than this in my rec...

Last week was not that great as far as training goes. I only swam Monday and Tuesday and worked out on my fitness ball Wednesday and Thursda...

I'm about a week late posting this but it's still pretty exciting news. Last Wednesday (March 4) I went swimming for the first time...

I had another post-op follow up with Dr Oloff today to check up how my recovery is progressing. Everything seems to be going well and the do...

I'm closing in on 5 weeks after the surgery and an update was long overdue. I had every intention to post some more regular updates abou...

It's been 3 days now since my surgery and my recovery has been going well. I haven't experienced any side effects from the surgery o...

I went back to Waverly Surgery center today and this time everything went according to plan. I was in at 6:30 am, in the operating room at 7...

I haven't had much to write about for the last couple of months but I never got out of the habbit of posting daily updates. With my surg...

I went to Waverly surgery center this morning for my scheduled Achilles tendon surgery but came out without even making it to the operating ...