Pain

I’m not very in tune with physical pain.  I traveled the midwest for a month with what turned out to be a severe case of falciparum malaria after I returned from Zimbabwe.  It sucked, but I just figured that malaria would suck more. 
 I’ve been called “tough cookie” and “stubborn as a mule.”  I’m both, but [...]

Injury.

My knee started hurting at mile 7 of my easy 12 miler today.  I was just over a hill on a road with a pretty nasty camber.  I stretched and walked and got to feeling better, but not perfect. 
Later, I had to brake suddenly on my bad leg to keep some getting hit by some [...]

Can I bore you some more? 34 days to marathon day

So I got back from our pre-anniversary vacation at 1 AM on Saturday, and I got up at 6:30 to go run 18.6 miles  in really hot, nasty weather for this time of year.  It was a rude awakening to go from perfect running conditions up on Madeline Island in Lake Superior to southeastern soup.  [...]