Life List #24: Run a 10K

“Runners just do it – they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first.” ~Author Unknown

I ran a 10 K two weeks ago. Though ‘run’ is a stretch. It was a run turn jog turn shuffle turn all out booking it for the last 7/10ths of a mile. That last part felt amazing as I just went with it and the end was in sight. But after? After was a Plantar Fasciitis flare up that left me hobbling around Prospect Park. With each step I had to take a few deep breaths with fists and butt cheeks clenched. I put on sunglasses as the pain was so excruciating that tears were inevitable. I didn’t cry but I did sit down for an hour and put my best ‘No, I’m not going to chop off my feet underneath this here tree’ face. It worked though I spent the rest of the day limping through the streets of Brooklyn.

Excedrin, Epsom salt, Malbec. These things I will alleviate the pain.

Despite wanting to curl up in a ball and die from pain, it felt good. So good that I all but jumped at the chance to train again. I think it’s knowing that I will not die or come in last and that along the way there are always people to cheer you on.
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