So I guess I should explain the title of this post a bit. Life is good. There's no denying that. I have a wonderful life with a wonderful family, going to a wonderful school and I have wonderful friends. Life could not be much better. I have a great calling that allows me to interact with so many wonderful people. Life is great.
I've been running a lot lately. I used to be big into it. I ran in high school and was pretty good. Top of the Meridian Varsity senior year, but that doesn't mean much. We weren't that good that year. Anywho, I've had knee problems lately. Lately meaning since around January 2009. I was high jumping at indoor track and something in my knees went wrong. It kinda bites because I can't jump anymore. I only know how to do a few things in life, and jumping is one of them. Thank heavens for my coaching job so I can still help others do it. Anyways...so I haven't run in a long time because of that. So I went running on Wednesday and everything felt fine for about a mile and a half. I was running good pace and I felt good to keep going. My knee started hurting though. I usually wear braces on both knees because the doc said it would help with the pain. I was only wearing one on my left leg because that was the only one that had been hurting. Keep in mind I've been doing 15-ish miles a week for a few weeks. You know the feeling when you pinch a nerve somewhere and that extremity goes numb? That's what my let felt like. Within four or five steps, I could feel the feeling going out of my leg from the knee down. I had to stop and walk, something I don't do when I run. It wasn't good. Since then, my knee has felt like I twisted it. Not a good feeling. I don't know what to do about it. Moral of the story is don't push harder than I should. Need to learn that. Either way, I still have a body that can run, and that's more than a lot of people can say. Life is good.
