The MS Runner

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything here and the reason being is I hurt my knee and I haven’t been running for 2 weeks.  I’m not sure what the problem is, but it’s gotten better and I’m going to try and run tomorrow morning.  I’ve been seeing a physical therapist and she has been working my knee trying to get it back to where it should be.  I probably should have gone to a orthopedic doctor, but I was afraid that he would want to “cut me open”.  The last thing I want is surgery because then I know I probably would not be ready for my marathon.  The fact is though, I still might not be.  Everything is going to come down to how I feel after I run tomorrow.  If it goes well, then I think that I’m back on track.  If not, it looks like I may have to see the orthopedic guy.

I had hoped to run the Georgetown to Idaho Springs half marathon in less than 2 weeks, but I highly doubt it now.  If everything does go okay, maybe I’ll do it as a training run and not be concerned about my time.  We shall see.

It’s been driving me nuts that I can’t run though.  I feel like I’ve gained 20 pounds and I’m really restless.  Hopefully I’ll get back on track and everything will be fine.

I know that I haven’t written anything in awhile, but I do have many excuses. I just won’t share those with you.

Other than house hunting and doing my training runs, nothing much else is new. It seems like my marathon, The OBX is such a long way off, that I haven’t been too serious in my training yet. I’ve been putting in the miles, but I haven’t been able to actually “get into it” if you know what I mean. Does anyone else ever get that way, and what do you do to get yourself out of that funk? I think what I need is to actually do a race, whether it’s a 5K, 10K, or a half and I’m leaning towards doing a half for sure. So it looks like I will do the Georgetown to Idaho Springs half marathon on August 9th. I did it last year with a sore calf, and ended up really hurting it and not being able to run for 2 weeks. It’s a nice little half marathon though, although they don’t serve real beer at the finish. Last year they had some non alcoholic beer to drink. What’s the point of that? However, you can always walk about a block away to a great micro brewery called Tommy Knocker Brewery. Make sure to get the sampler which will give you a taste of all their beers. I like The Pick Axe Ale myself.