NYNM: Week 18

 

 

They told me I had the knee of a 60 year old woman.

 

And that I wouldn't be able to run after August 7, 2013.

 

On April 19th I went for my first outdoor run since that day.

 

I was running into 40 mph winds and I was scared, but I took a deep breath and put one foot in front of the other.

 

Before I knew it I had gone 4 miles and I had way more gas in my tank, so I took another turn making it 5 miles.

 

I still felt great so I took one last turn.  

 

I made it 6 miles before I had flashbacks of my six weeks spent on crutches and decided to stop.

 

I ran 3 of those 6 miles pain free for the first time in 10 years.

 

I pray someday my knees will allow me to run as far as the rest of my body can so I don't have to stop.  

 

Because I could have gone forever.

 

You know those runners highs they talk about?

 

They exist.

 

Boy do they exist.

 

So today, I celebrate, even though this morning's weigh in wasn't anything to write a blog post about.

 

I celebrate overcoming obstacles.

 

I celebrate the fact that being a stubborn German comes in handy once in a while.

 

I celebrate losing a total of 31.2 pounds and 21 inches over the last 18 weeks.

 

I celebrate change!  

 

"Change starts with you, but it doesn't start until you do." -- Tom Ziglar

This quote really hit home with me today.

I'm ready to change things up this week so good things keep happening!

Are you?