Kelly Liljeblad

Good Luck Sissy

Special good luck to the sis as she races Ironman Louisville tomorrow!!!!

Track her on ironman.com  :)  :)

It just kills me not to be there!

On The Road To Recovery Again

I keep telling my family and friends that I need to get a new paw. My left foot has given me trouble since 2005. On a mission to be able to run again pain free I went under the knife yet again. Last October, I was running downhill and sort of jammed my ankle. I had immediate pain and experienced “crunching and grinding” symptoms. I was dealing with this pain up until now. I could run, but the next day I had pain. I went to a great podiatrist in Boulder (Shonka) and a Foot and Ankle Specialist in Long Island NY (Radnay). Both agreed that it was damages within my subtalar joint. Loose bodies, cartlage, scar tissue, whatever…. Rest and PT wasn’t helping.
After the surgery Dr Radnay told me I had a lot of scar tissue and fibrous bands of tissue that was causing impingement between my talus and calcaneus. Apparently, this probably happened that day I jammed my ankle. I’m doing great now, 5 days post op. Brian here at On Track is taking great care of me and promises to help me get going again. I know I may never be able to run 120 miles a week again, but my goal is to be able to run every day , still compete, and do what I love. We shall see

day 5!

Chillin in Vermont

Kim’s Racing Lake Placid tomorrow! Good luck sissy!

This was on ironman.com today
Determined not to be a “bridesmaid” again
“I’ve been a bridesmaid here twice, and I don’t want to be a bridesmaid anymore,” Kim Loeffler, pictured here racing at Ironman China earlier this year, said in an interview today. “The first year I was second, in 2005, to Heather Fuhr, it was a breakthrough race for me. I was so happy I got second. I beat so many amazing women. I was just four minutes from Heather Fuhr, who is an amazing athlete with an amazing race resume, and it was the race of my life at that time. Last year I got second and it crushed me. I had the win until mile 23. I thought it was gonna be my day, and once again I got outrun … which is supposed to be my strength. It was really hard to handle, but it’s those feelings you use to fuel you in training. Hopefully I can achieve my goal of winning this race.”

Loeffler was possibly one of the few people here in Lake Placid who was aware of Caitlin Snow’s amazing running abilities, but in the end the Vermonter succumbed to the weather and couldn’t get it done on the run.

“I knew she was a good runner. I am a good runner. I just did not have a good run that day..

Loeffler would very much like to get her first Ironman win on what she considers her home course. She lives just outside of Burlington, Vermont, which is about a two-hour drive from Lake Placid. More than that, though, she’d very much like to get a lead and hold it through the entire race here.