Run, Walk, Hike, Crawl --it's all good, be happy with what you got

Growing up injuries were common as an avid skateboarder, bmx'er, creek walker, tree climber etc. ; however everything seemed to heal overnight so all was good.

Not no more! I cut my finger and it takes weeks to heal. Snap a tendon in my ankle and it takes a lifetime.

Getting back on my bike after years off was relatively simple and easy on the body when comparing it to running again after longer than I can remeber. It felt so great the Fall before last when I rediscovered running and then to experience it in the snow! For someone that watched his HR (heart rate) so closely on the mountain bike seeing my HR statistics running in the snow, uphill was astounding. I knew I had found the sport that would help my cycling come spring. I knew it was an incredible workout.

Then it all came to an abrupt halt when the pain in my heal was as bad as getting kicked in the groin repeatedly (not really though but it was bad). I ran the mountain run at squaw in the middle of the night one to many times, or maybe it was the hill repeats I did tell i puked? I don't know. I think it is just that I am no longer 20 sumptin years old and my body was TELLING ME.

Anyway, I could go on to talk about the other injuries I have dealt with since my Achilles tendon injury but the point I really want to get across to anyone that cares to read this is to not take anything for granted.

I am just so happy to be outdoors and running again. That is my friend Max the dog in the photo. I borrowed him from a friend who has been busy studying. I thought having the dog would make it something different for me, maybe easier. Not a chance, Max kept a fast pace and always stayed out in front of me. If he could talk he would have probably been heckling me.

My friend Julie has a site called 365meditation.com where she takes a word everyday and gives some real/deeper meaning to it.

Today I found the word granted. Even though i was running ( i mean jogging?) at a snails pace with a dog heckling me. I was super happy to be out there moving along. I will never take the health of my body for granted again. I will be glad it is doing what it does and if i can get a little more out of it then that is great.

Thank you to me for getting me this far.