My Knee

I've been holding back quite a bit on training due to knee pain. Since my divorce my insurance is bad. Well, let me be frank...it sucks. Yes, I have some, but it isn't going to offer much assistance in terms of physical therapy, etc. My worry was miniscus or cartiledge and the possibility of doing signifcant damage. I didn't want to compromise my ability to run in the future or risk the need for surgery.

Luckily, I know people. :-) The diagnosis was classic runner's knee, or tendenitis. There are some things I can do to help healing. The bigger piece of the puzzle is looking for the source, whether it's form, lack of stretching, etc. that has recently caused the pain. Good news is, I can and should keep training. I know better now what is happening and how to both prevent, deal with and treat the reoccuring pain.

NOW, I just have to make it to the starting line. 59% there.

57% Finished

I'm at 57% raised for fundraising dollars.

On one hand I'm thinking 57% !!! Yay! That's over halfway. That's not much left. Then on the other hand ... That's still 43% more to go. Yikes!

I did the math, 57% of 26.2 miles is 14.94 miles. I can imagine when I hit that mark running I'll probably have about the same range of emotions plus burning muscles, a high heart rate and extreme light-headedness with 11.26 miles left to go. Half empty? Half full? It could go either way.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you'll consider making a donation to help get me across that finish line, but most importantly to support the many children, adults and families impacted by blood cancers. The donation is truly for them.

Thanks! Happy Holidays!

Jen