Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Chicago Marathon Jacket
For those of you who didn't get an official Chicago Marathon Jacket while we were in Chicago (and wanted one) go to this website and they are on sale 75% off! $31.25. Great bargain. They have some other great marathon merchandise but the sizes and colors are limited.
Just thought I would pass along my great deal!
Jana
Just thought I would pass along my great deal!
Jana
Monday, December 3, 2007
Update on last post
I went to MS Sports Medicine today for an xray and I do have a fractured radial head of my right arm. So.........I am not able to lift anything with my right arm for six weeks. No cast or splint because I need to keep moving it to keep it from freezing up. Right now it hurts so it will not be hard to remember but as it heals it will be hard to keep from using it.
We will miss everyone at the party Saturday. We will be in New York for a week. WooHoo! We are going to a Magic Show, Wicked and to see the Rocketts Christmas Show. Can't wait!
See you guys when we return!
We will miss everyone at the party Saturday. We will be in New York for a week. WooHoo! We are going to a Magic Show, Wicked and to see the Rocketts Christmas Show. Can't wait!
See you guys when we return!
"Beware of Dog"
I haven't blogged in a while, at least since the week after Chicago. I feel that this information truly is blogworthy and may be of some help to some other poor unsuspecting soul out there running in unfamiliar territory.
I went to see my daughter in Hot Springs, AR on Thursday. I haven't seen her in a while and Clark could not go so I headed out ready for a fun filled two days of shopping and visiting. I had had a bad week training after running nine miles on Saturday. The run was great but since then I had not done anything. I was really feeling guilty so I thought if I take my running tights and my new sugoi jacket I will be more inspired to run when I get to Hot Springs. Jill lives in a rural area and there are a lot of roads with not much traffic. There is a mixture of houses in her area - million dollar homes on Lake Hamilton and also some that look like shacks about to fall down.
Jill and Chris left for work on Friday morning and I fought with my little inner voice for a couple of hours until I finally gave in and got dressed for running. It was very cold outside. I set out with Jill's dog on a leash and went a little way up from her house. Rook (the dog) didn't seem too happy to be out in the cold being pulled on the leash so I decided to take him home. I took him home and set out again in the other direction. I was walking mostly with a few running intervals and had gotten about 1.5 miles from her house. All of a sudden, out of the bushes in front of a shack with a "Beware of Dog" sign on the front porch came four dogs, two large white dogs and two smaller black dogs. They took one look at me and started charging. I did not have time to do anything, not even think before they were on me. They were growling, barking and biting my legs and knocked me to the ground. All I could think of was that I had to get up, if I didn't they would kill me. I somehow managed to get upright and I started walking. They were constantly biting my legs. All of a sudden they stopped and left me alone. I don't know why they stopped but I was very glad. I was so scared that I could not turn around and see where they were.
I immediately called my daughter. I will never be without my cell phone after Chicago. She left work and took me to the ER. I have stitches in my left leg at my knee. I have a deep puncture wound there and a pretty deep cut. I scraped a lot of skin off of my right elbow from my fall on the road and had to have stitches there also. My right arm has been really sore. They took xrays at the hospital but they were okay. I am having problems with mobility of that arm so will have more xrays today at Chris's office. He said I may have a radial head or neck fracture that is hard to see on xray unless you are looking for it. If so, I will be limited in how I take care of patients at work. My legs have several scratches and deep tissue injuries that are only evident by bruising. I believe that my CWX tights saved my legs from being injured further with more bite tears. They are pretty shredded and so is my jacket but I am glad to be alive.
A deputy sheriff came to the ER and took a statement from me. They picked up the dogs and are impounding them for 10 days to make sure they don't have rabies. After that, the owners can get the dogs and prove they have put up a fence or get rid of the dogs. They have to pay a fine and there will be a court date.
I have been given all kinds of advice for "future" attacks that I would like to pass along. Always carry pepper spray or mace. Carry dog biscuits. Hit the dog in the face or under the chin. All of these are good advice and great for what I should have done but I believe in this situation I handled it the best way I could. I did not look in their face and I did not fight back. I walked away. I honestly did not have time to react and by the time I could have gotten mace, pepper spray or dog biscuits out of my pocket I would have been on the ground anyway. The best advice I can give is not to run in unfamiliar territory. If you do, always carry your cell phone and always be aware of your surroundings.
I will be on the treadmill for a while until I recover from this trauma. The Saturday runs are okay since I always have friends around for protection. I am beginning to think I have a dark cloud following me around! It is always something!
I went to see my daughter in Hot Springs, AR on Thursday. I haven't seen her in a while and Clark could not go so I headed out ready for a fun filled two days of shopping and visiting. I had had a bad week training after running nine miles on Saturday. The run was great but since then I had not done anything. I was really feeling guilty so I thought if I take my running tights and my new sugoi jacket I will be more inspired to run when I get to Hot Springs. Jill lives in a rural area and there are a lot of roads with not much traffic. There is a mixture of houses in her area - million dollar homes on Lake Hamilton and also some that look like shacks about to fall down.
Jill and Chris left for work on Friday morning and I fought with my little inner voice for a couple of hours until I finally gave in and got dressed for running. It was very cold outside. I set out with Jill's dog on a leash and went a little way up from her house. Rook (the dog) didn't seem too happy to be out in the cold being pulled on the leash so I decided to take him home. I took him home and set out again in the other direction. I was walking mostly with a few running intervals and had gotten about 1.5 miles from her house. All of a sudden, out of the bushes in front of a shack with a "Beware of Dog" sign on the front porch came four dogs, two large white dogs and two smaller black dogs. They took one look at me and started charging. I did not have time to do anything, not even think before they were on me. They were growling, barking and biting my legs and knocked me to the ground. All I could think of was that I had to get up, if I didn't they would kill me. I somehow managed to get upright and I started walking. They were constantly biting my legs. All of a sudden they stopped and left me alone. I don't know why they stopped but I was very glad. I was so scared that I could not turn around and see where they were.
I immediately called my daughter. I will never be without my cell phone after Chicago. She left work and took me to the ER. I have stitches in my left leg at my knee. I have a deep puncture wound there and a pretty deep cut. I scraped a lot of skin off of my right elbow from my fall on the road and had to have stitches there also. My right arm has been really sore. They took xrays at the hospital but they were okay. I am having problems with mobility of that arm so will have more xrays today at Chris's office. He said I may have a radial head or neck fracture that is hard to see on xray unless you are looking for it. If so, I will be limited in how I take care of patients at work. My legs have several scratches and deep tissue injuries that are only evident by bruising. I believe that my CWX tights saved my legs from being injured further with more bite tears. They are pretty shredded and so is my jacket but I am glad to be alive.
A deputy sheriff came to the ER and took a statement from me. They picked up the dogs and are impounding them for 10 days to make sure they don't have rabies. After that, the owners can get the dogs and prove they have put up a fence or get rid of the dogs. They have to pay a fine and there will be a court date.
I have been given all kinds of advice for "future" attacks that I would like to pass along. Always carry pepper spray or mace. Carry dog biscuits. Hit the dog in the face or under the chin. All of these are good advice and great for what I should have done but I believe in this situation I handled it the best way I could. I did not look in their face and I did not fight back. I walked away. I honestly did not have time to react and by the time I could have gotten mace, pepper spray or dog biscuits out of my pocket I would have been on the ground anyway. The best advice I can give is not to run in unfamiliar territory. If you do, always carry your cell phone and always be aware of your surroundings.
I will be on the treadmill for a while until I recover from this trauma. The Saturday runs are okay since I always have friends around for protection. I am beginning to think I have a dark cloud following me around! It is always something!
Monday, October 22, 2007
Grandma Jana and Grandpa Clark
Clark and I found out today that we are going to be grandparents for the first time! Clark is old enough but not me! HA!
My youngest daughter Jamie just found out that she is pregnant. I can't believe it! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My youngest daughter Jamie just found out that she is pregnant. I can't believe it! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Forget Wayne?
I can't believe I forgot to mention Wayne in my blog! Wayne jogged up beside me at the halfway point and actually told me to slow down! What a way to get to a girl's heart! Thanks Wayne, for being there at the right time and saying the right thing and for taking care of my aches and pains all these months. You rock!
My Marathon Experience
Like most of you, my blog is my journal of my path to the Chicago Marathon 2007 so I must report on my experience. First of all, I would like to thank SO many people for their support.
Thank you Mark, Robin, Matt and Scotty for getting me to Chicago all in one piece, well trained and conditioned for a hot marathon day. Thank you for inspiring me and believing in me even with all my injuries and ailments these nine months. I would have given up long ago had you not encouraged me all the way.
Thank you Clark for being with me every step of the way on this long journey. You are the best husband and friend I could ever have.
Thanks to Steve Schemmel, Bill Lushbaugh, and Bob McElroy for supplying me with water. Every time I felt like I could not make it one more step without a drink I would see Cookie's sign and I would breathe a sigh of relief because I knew they would take care of me!
Thank you to the unknown runners who shared their water cups and the Chicago residents that gave me water from their hoses and sprayed me when I went by. Thank you to Robin and Sheila for screaming my name every time I appeared, and to all the spectators that called my name and cheered me on.
Thanks to Bonnie for waiting with me after the race until we could find Clark and to the two strangers who let me borrow their cell phone after the race. I will never go anywhere without my cell phone again.
Even though the race was cancelled I could not have been happier with my performance, I have no regrets. I feel like we were a part of history that will never be forgotten. If everything had gone perfect would this marathon be memorable to the world? NO! We all know we were going to finish. We were ready.
I started getting extremely anxious on Thursday before the marathon. Friday I had a severe headache all day from the stress of what was about to come but managed to keep it under control so that I could function and be sociable. We had a wonderful pizza lunch with Cookie and Steve at Giordano's, went on the boat tour which was fantastic and then had a great meal with Cookie and Steve and Janet and Bill. It was good to get to know Janet and Bill. I already loved Cookie and Steve and their great company.
Saturday was spent at the Expo most of the day. The pasta meal was the highlight of the trip that night. You never know how people feel about you until they call your name in front of a room full of people! Thank you Micah. We love you too!
Saturday night I dreamed all night. I dreamed I went to the starting line and realized I had on my fuzzy houseshoes! My second dream was that Clark and I got up Sunday morning, packed and went home. Later that day I realized that that was the day of the marathon and I had missed it! Crazy!
Saturday night before I went to bed I opened my Bible and asked God to give me reassuring words. He drew me to this passage:
"As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy." James 5:11
As I got to the 17th mile I asked God to help me because I was really getting tired and needed his Hand to pull me along. About that time they announced that the race was cancelled. My first thought was, "God you didn't have to cancel the race just because I needed help finishing!" Afterward, I told Clark about this and he laughed and said, "What an ego!"
This has been such a fantastic experience that I will never forget. In the Chicago Tribune the race director was quoted as saying "Marathon runners are tough people." I feel so blessed to be a part of all the "tough marathoners" in our group. You are all awesome!
Thank you Mark, Robin, Matt and Scotty for getting me to Chicago all in one piece, well trained and conditioned for a hot marathon day. Thank you for inspiring me and believing in me even with all my injuries and ailments these nine months. I would have given up long ago had you not encouraged me all the way.
Thank you Clark for being with me every step of the way on this long journey. You are the best husband and friend I could ever have.
Thanks to Steve Schemmel, Bill Lushbaugh, and Bob McElroy for supplying me with water. Every time I felt like I could not make it one more step without a drink I would see Cookie's sign and I would breathe a sigh of relief because I knew they would take care of me!
Thank you to the unknown runners who shared their water cups and the Chicago residents that gave me water from their hoses and sprayed me when I went by. Thank you to Robin and Sheila for screaming my name every time I appeared, and to all the spectators that called my name and cheered me on.
Thanks to Bonnie for waiting with me after the race until we could find Clark and to the two strangers who let me borrow their cell phone after the race. I will never go anywhere without my cell phone again.
Even though the race was cancelled I could not have been happier with my performance, I have no regrets. I feel like we were a part of history that will never be forgotten. If everything had gone perfect would this marathon be memorable to the world? NO! We all know we were going to finish. We were ready.
I started getting extremely anxious on Thursday before the marathon. Friday I had a severe headache all day from the stress of what was about to come but managed to keep it under control so that I could function and be sociable. We had a wonderful pizza lunch with Cookie and Steve at Giordano's, went on the boat tour which was fantastic and then had a great meal with Cookie and Steve and Janet and Bill. It was good to get to know Janet and Bill. I already loved Cookie and Steve and their great company.
Saturday was spent at the Expo most of the day. The pasta meal was the highlight of the trip that night. You never know how people feel about you until they call your name in front of a room full of people! Thank you Micah. We love you too!
Saturday night I dreamed all night. I dreamed I went to the starting line and realized I had on my fuzzy houseshoes! My second dream was that Clark and I got up Sunday morning, packed and went home. Later that day I realized that that was the day of the marathon and I had missed it! Crazy!
Saturday night before I went to bed I opened my Bible and asked God to give me reassuring words. He drew me to this passage:
"As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy." James 5:11
As I got to the 17th mile I asked God to help me because I was really getting tired and needed his Hand to pull me along. About that time they announced that the race was cancelled. My first thought was, "God you didn't have to cancel the race just because I needed help finishing!" Afterward, I told Clark about this and he laughed and said, "What an ego!"
This has been such a fantastic experience that I will never forget. In the Chicago Tribune the race director was quoted as saying "Marathon runners are tough people." I feel so blessed to be a part of all the "tough marathoners" in our group. You are all awesome!
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