Athletes' Training Center

Jayme Nekuda

My story...
I had just finished the Rotterdam (Netherlands) marathon and my Achilles tendon was very sore and inflamed. So, while still in Rotterdam I called and made an appointment at OrthoWest for the day I returned (on a Friday). Dr. Thompson told me I needed physical therapy. I was going to take PT somewhere closer to where I work and it would have been more convenient. Dr. Michael Thompson said I could go where ever I wanted to, but that the Athletes' Training Center would be a good fit for me. I called there Friday evening and scheduled an appointment for the following Monday.

Three weeks from the Rotterdam marathon, with the help of Marisa, I was able to run the Lincoln marathon - which was on my 51st birthday no less. I have run the Lincoln marathon several times; however, this year they had permission to finish in Memorial Stadium on the 50-yard line. I owe a great deal to Marisa and the Athletes' Training Center for helping me accomplish my goal and run this marathon three weeks after running the Rotterdam marathon.

I am now trying to get completely healed so I can run the Amsterdam marathon this fall (the last of one of my husband's bucket lists which is the top ten marathons according to Runner's World magazine). Exactly two weeks after Amsterdam is the Athens Greece marathon which I have put on my bucket list, so we are running Amsterdam, site-seeing in Amsterdam, then going to Greece, site-seeing and then running the Athens marathon. It will be the 2,500th running of the Athens marathon where it all began!