As a runner, one of my biggest fear is to not be able to run. Injuries are the Boogie Man. Every 5 minutes you feel the need to see if it still hurts by standing up or poking at it with your finger. Ultimately, this threatens your identity as a runner. You are reminded that this can be taken away from you at any time by the running gods. My brother in law, who is about my age, has Parkinson's. He's had it for a while, one of those rare cases that start early in life. He cannot run. At family function, such as yesterday's birthday dinner, I always feel awkward when the conversation turns to my running excesses. I doubt he knows that he's one of the reason I'm doing this. His life is the ultimate ultra. There's nothing easy about it. In the same way that we ultra runners try to find meaning in an activity that on the surface appears to be meaningless, I hope he can find meaning in his personal ultra. I feel I'm not articulating this very well, but it's the best I can do. I'm no poet.
So I'm not too worried about this injury. It is annoying, a bump on the road. There are worse things than a little pain on the side of the knee.
5 comments:
JD
Love the Boogie Man analogy!
Gotta poke it just to see :)
Sank
JD,
If your knee pain is related to IT Band Friction Syndrome, you should definitely check out the website: http://www.bulletproofknee.com .
Good luck.
Ben
Great post. I think you articulated it perfectly.
from the heart is always most touching ... and like sara says, you articulated it perfectly!
hope the it band is back in order asap.
Injuries are for the birds. I spit on them.
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