It's Over

Well, here goes.

It wasn't a great performance, it wasn't a good performance, it sure as hell wasn't pretty, but I have a medal and I crossed the finish line.

At mile 15, something popped in my knee. At mile 16, I spent 30 minutes at a medical station being iced and getting wrapped up. But, you know me being hard headed... I had worked too hard to not finish, so I took my jacked up knee and we finished the last 10.2 miles. I didn't run a marathon, but I did complete a marathon.

Am I done, no. Will I do it again, yes! I'm in the best shape of my life and I refuse to let this minor set back stop me. I may have to take a few weeks off, but it's probably best. I've really beat myself up over the past 6 months and my poor ole body could use a little R&R.

I'm actually going to San Francisco to run the Nike Women's 1/2 marathon in October. Then I'm contemplating running with LLS again to train for the PF Changs Rock n Roll marathon in Phoenix in January. We'll see.

As for the knee. I went to see a sports med doctor and got some x-rays taken and I have an MRI set up for later this week. They think I may have torn my meniscus, but nothing to major that won't heal on it's on. We all agreed it would be best to find out the root of the problem in order to find ways to prevent it in the future.

Thanks again for everything. Check back every now and again... this blog thing was pretty cool.