Last year sometime, in one of my less lucid moments, I decided that, before it's my turn to feed the worms, I wanted to run a marathon.
I have two goals: a half-marathon in 2011 and a full marathon in 2012.
Asthma and two bum knees (plus, according to my daughters, I'm OOOOOLD!), might be slowing me down, but nothing's stopping me.
Unfortunately, I have not been running since I hurt my left knee in December or January. I've been babying both knees, icing them daily, keeping them wrapped during the workday, only doing crosstraining and leg strengthening exercises at the gym.
AND TODAY WAS A HUGE MILESTONE! I ran an experimental two miles to see how my knees would handle it. No pain, and only a little twinge in my left knee!
I'm back, baby! Gonna continue icing, wrapping, cross-training and strengthening, but am going to do two runs per week for a month and see how the knees handle it.
WOO-HOO!
Those who say something cannot be done need to get out of the way of those who are already doing it!
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