A little ouchy

Well, I'm back! Good January this year, feeling good, well till this morning that is. I was biking to work, in the snow, made it here without issue (thank you studded tires). I get to work, and there is this little path (paved) I take behind the building, it's made for walking, so the only turn it has is a nice 90% turn, the path is about 2 feet wide, so that turn is a bit tricky even when it's dry. I'm back up on the bike, taking my time (I had pushed the bike, and had considered pushing it the whole path, but thought riding would be more fun) so I'm coming around the corner, really taking my time, taking my time, taking so much time that, well, I must have stopped, and over the bike went! :) I hit with my right knee, looking at it this afternoon it looks like I hit the edge of the pavement, then slid into the gravel, and stopped. I stood right back up, got my bike, hopped back on, and pedaled though the parking lot to work. I thought "man, there goes my run today, F&*K! Well, that's what I thought, but as the morning went on, the knee while nowhere near normal, just didn't hurt all that bad....

Fast forward to lunch, I suit up, and go for my run, I'm on couch to 5k, week6, and this is day 2. I hit the same path, on foot this time (not as far to fall!) and start running, I feel my knee not doing great, but not too bad either. Now for the funny part of the story, this is my "good" knee, my other knee is weak from being dislocated several times, so I now have no way to limp and provide help for my "bad" knee, as my "good" knee isn't so good today either. Result is I think I ran more balanced than normal. Now on to why this is worth a post.

5 years ago, I wouldn't have run over lunch if you had been chasing me on the back of one of those raptors from Jurassic park. I'd have just given up, actually, I had kind of given up, on health anyway. Today I had a crash, albeit not a major one, it would have however served as a most excellent excuse as to why it just wasn't wise for me to run today. I don't think anyone would have argued the point, and I could have sold it to myself as well. Difference is, I didn't want to sell it to myself, I wanted to run. I wanted to get out there and get those miles in, I had been looking forward to it since my last run. My life, and my outlook, are vastly different than they were just a few years ago. I can't imagine going back to that way of thinking, and that way of feeling. I love being active, and I love looking forward to miles and miles of human powered travel in the coming years.

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