Running for Nebraska: Ups and Downs

September 8, 2010

Ups and Downs

Today I woke up and my foot was painfully sore. It hurt yesterday to walk but when I ran I was okay, until I stopped.. I went to the trainer and was 'diagnosed' with Morton's Neuroma. It feels like a pinched nerve and basically, theres a dome in your foot, and when the dome flattens the nerve is revealed and pressure is put on it. It feels like when you poke on a bruise but every time I step on that foot I feel that between and throughout my 2nd and 3rd toe. In the training room I was able to ice for 20 minutes and use the STEM machine on my foot, it should be okay in a few days :) I was relieved it isn't too serious, but will be repeating that routine each morning for the next couple of days. Lesson learned: listen to your body!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: so sorry that happened to you :( I knew a little about it but still, not fun. so glad you're doing better! Can I ask about how it was, being injured on a college team? How were the coaches and teammates? How was the care and the facilities? <3 Anna; July 19, 2011 at 11:26 PM

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Why Nebraska?

When I began the college search I knew that I wanted to continue running at the NCAA Division 1 level. I desired a school rich in pride for its sports with good academics as well. I found this in Lincoln, NE. College sports are a very big deal in the state of Nebraska and it shows in the school's facilities and coaching staff. I picked Nebraska because of all it had to offer me as a student athlete and because of the at-home feeling I got on my visit and with the team. Quite a few of my teammates have become a lot faster since their high school PR's and this was a good indicator to me that I could trust in the training tendencies of my long time Nebraska Cross Country coach Jay Dirksen. A graduate of South Dakota State in '68, Jay was an All American steeplechaser and has coached at Nebraska for 28 years producing a total of 3 NCAA National Champions, 1 U.S Olympic Trials Champion, 20 Cross Country NCAA All Americans, 39 NCAA Track and Field All Americans, 5 Big XII Cross Country Team Titles, 6 NCAA Regional Titles and 22 NCAA Cross Country Teams.

Before Nebraska

I ran four years of Cross Country and Track for Great Oak High School under coaches Doug Soles and Daniel Noble. I was a four year letter winner in both sports and went to Nike Cross Nationals all four years. Some notable awards include #1 Freshman in Riverside County in 2006 and Freshman of the Year, as well as the #3 Sophomore in 2007, winner of the Long Beach Invitational, the Mt. SAC D1 sophomore girls champion and Sophomore of the Year. My Junior and Senior seasons I was a team captain and the Most Improved athlete on the track team, Junior and Senior of the Year as well as 1st Team All-League in the SWL, a scholar athlete, a member of the 2008 Riverside County Academic Team winner (gohs xc), part of the CIF Southern Section team champion in 2009, and the tie breaker of Great Oak's 2009 Runner Up accolades at the California State Meet. In track I was the Inland Empire 1600m Champ, held senior records in the 1600m (5:02.54), 3200m (11:09.10), and 3 miles (17:19, xc); and was a California High School Heisman Finalist in 2010.