The MS Runner

Well there’s good news, and there’s bad news.  The good news is that I don’t have a tear in my leg like I thought I may have.  The bad news is that I have an abductor muscle strain, and a hematoma (sp) the size of an avacodo.  That’s what is really hurting me because it’s pressing up against my leg muscle.  But it is getting better.  So now the plan is to take a few more days off, and then run on Saturday.  Wahoo!  I was actually thinking of running today or tomorrow, but here in Denver we are getting hit with a snow storm.  There’s sleet, and hail, and rain, and snow, and god knows what else.  You know the weather forecasters here are so lucky.  They predict how many inches of snow we may have, and they haven’t got a clue.  Everything they say, it get’s doubled.  For instance they will say 2 - 4 inches of snow.  Or 4 - 8, or 10 - 20.  If I did that at work, I would get fired.  “Hey Dave, what’s sales look like for this month”?  I could say, “well I’m thinking 1 - 2 million this month”.  Yeah right.  Loser.  So the last thing that I want to do is go running when it’s icy out.  I guess I could run on the dreadmill, but that sucker hurts my knee too much.  So I will just wait until Saturday, and run along on the Hi-line canal with some other running buddies.  My marathon is only 2 weeks away so at this point, and whatever running I can get in is not going to matter too much.  But the main thing is that I will still be able to do it!