getting to Work

Broken toe is mended enough to run pain free. Vague illness was diagnosed as a severe sinus infection and treated successfully a week ago. For the first time since January, I feel healthy and injury free. As a guy that doesn't get more than a passing stomache ache for years on end, the healthy part is magical. As a distance runner that has become comfortable with multiple marathons a year, the injury free is like being set free. I take modest comfort in knowing my back to back injuries were not running induced, but the end result was being benched for weeks. I train wisely and cautiously to avoid that very result and it felt amazing to head out for my scheduled run after work today. I have a full racing dance card for this year and aspirations to qualify for Boston as well. The latter may be outside my reach, but I'm going to reach anyways. What's trimming 27:02 off my personal best if not a good goal? Even more importantly, I am running all my races for Beagle Freedom Project and ready to start getting some support for this amazing organization! It's nice to finally say I'm ready to get to work again. 

Slow and Low

My disposition is to go faster and not stop. I've been this way as long as I can remember. The last several months have been a challenge to this. An injury in Feb that caused me to stop running for a month was followed by an illness that has now stretched into four weeks. As I was feeling healthy enough to start running again I had a fluke accident that broke a toe. Again, no running. I believe in God and I believe he has a sense of humor in my life. I also believe that when a lesson isn't being learned, circumstances will console to teach it as many times as it takes. Whether I'm being given things to force me to slow down or there is something less obvious like patience, I hope I'm getting the lesson. I know I'm along for the ride in this life and can at best aspire to doing what I can at any given moment. I'm restless and more than a little tired of not feeling healthy, but I am grateful still. It's not a competition, but I know people I care about are battling much more serious issues and in some cases for their lives. I just hope to be ever mindful of what I have rather than what is not as I wish it to be.