20 years ago, I was part of a team that was pulled together at the last minute to run the 1990 Hood to Coast Relay, a 1000 team, 200 mile journey from Mt Hood to the town of Seaside, Oregon where Lewis and Clark ended their journey.  Teams are made up of 12 runners who run in order 1-12 an average of 6 miles each before repeating the order again and then again a third time.  All runners average about 18 miles.  The five time defending champions in 1990 were “The Killer Bees.”  We named ourselves “Black Flag” with the expressed goal of exterminating the Killer Bees.

2010 Black Flag Hood to Coast logo

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After one of the most disappointing seasons of my 19-year running career, I decided to look into more drastic forms of treatment for the plantar fasciitis I’ve been tolerating for close to 4 years. I have become a pro at taping and icing. I have had 2 different sets of custom orthotics (and a couple over the counter pairs), 3 rounds of Shock Wave Therapy (3 sessions for each round) from ’07-’09, 2 shots of a light steroid with an anti-inflammatory, religious usage of the Strassburg Sock and countless massages. What else could I do? Surgery?

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