You people are awesome!!

I have finally read every blog posted by every member of this group. What an amazing group of people you are. I've been blessed, and moved, and motivated, and touched by your stories, and it makes me feel very blessed to be a part of this group. Thank you all for that.

I've been nursing my bum knee this week -- I skipped Monday, did the short run on Tuesday, walked dang fast on Wednesday, but took off Thursday. I think I aggravated it with last Saturday's run (I had already aggravated it the week before but thought I had it doing fine for the Cannonball Run). So I've taken it easy this week in the hopes that I can get it taken care of now and not have it lingering too much longer. I may run Saturday, and I may not. It will be a 6:00 decision that morning, depending on whether I have any pain. If I feel ok, I'll come and run intervals so I can take it easy. I am very excited about the fact that I haven't had any pain so far today (any little thing can flare it up, even just standing up from a chair). So I'm being very careful not to do anything to mess with it today, hoping to keep it happy for tomorrow. We'll see how it goes. I hope to see you all out there tomorrow. If I don't go, I'm going to try to do some on a treadmill and see how that goes, with a more controlled environment. If it starts hurting, I will just have to stop and rest it more. It's been very frustrating, but it just reminds me to not take knee health, or any other kind of health, for granted. It can be wiped out even with the simple act of standing up (as in my case).

Take care of your bodies, listen to them carefully. They will tell you when to rest, and when to run!!

I knew I was tall, but this is ridiculous.

I tried to soak in cold water in the tub Saturday after our run, but my tub's too small!! I couldn't get my knees down low enough to get them under the water without running the water too high. What an odd problem to have. So last night I went to the guest bathroom and just sat down in the tub, fully clothed, just to make sure I could fit next time. It's just the way the tub is made, but dang. I felt so awkward trying to get down in my own tub.

That Saturday run was really tough for me -- very hot. My knee felt ok most of the time during the run, although I could feel it a bit more on the trail part. I thought I was fine, but afterwards, couldn't use that leg to help stand from a seated position. It's better today, but waaahhhhh!!

And I'm going to have to wear suspenders on my race ready shorts. I ran the entire 8 miles holding the drawstring Saturday. I'm going to have to learn how to tie a good drawstring soon. So far I'm not nuts about the race ready shorts, but I'm not giving up. I'll cinch them suckers up and keep on truckin'. I am glad I had my goos though. It's what got me through the run. I'm going to continue trying variations on this theme and figure out what works for me.