A Racing Injury Timeline

12/2010 Philadelphia Marathon, 3:29:29 (7:59 pace) PR
2/2011 Feel the Love 5K 20:29 (6:35 pace) PR
3/2011 Gate River Run 15K 1:05:08 (6:58 pace) PR
3/2011 Adrenaline 5K 20:27 (6:34 pace) PR
4/2011 Elizabeth River Run 10K 44:24 (7:08 pace)
4/2011 Moorestown Rotary 8K 32:58 (6:37 pace)
5/2011 Broad Street 10 mile 1:08:10 (6:49 pace) PR
6/2011 MidSummer Series 5K #1 20:40 (6:49 pace)
7/2011 MidSummer Series 5K #2 19:53 (6:24 pace) PR
8/3/2011 Pain in rear began
8/6/2011 Fox Chase Away Cancer 5K 19:55 (6:25 pace), pain in rear slightly worse, numbness in pubic area
8/11/2011 MidSummer Series 5K #3 20:14 (6:30 pace)
8/13/2011 16 mile long run, made bareable with Advil, numbness in pubic area
8/15/2011 4 mile run, excruciating pain after 1 mile
8/26/2011 Appointment with Sports Medicine MD, femoral neck stress fracture suspected, dull ache now coming from hip
8/28/2011 MRI
8/30/2011 Follow-up appointment; stress fracture ruled out, given default diagnosis of hamstring sprain and degenerative disc disease; sent to PT for both diagnosis
9/7/2011 First appointment with PT for evaluation, suspect bulging disc in back
9/12/2011 Began therapy for bulging disc
10/10/2011 Ultrasound guided cortisone injection to rule out nerve related pain; ultrasound revealed degenerative changes in hamstring tendon; pain in rear disappeared after injection; ultrasound and disappearance of pain positive diagnosis for chronic high hamstring tendinopathy
10/11/2011 Therapy for hamstring set to begin but delayed due to vulnerability to injury after cortisone injection
10/19/2011 Began therapy for hamstring