Friday, April 27, 2012

Good News/Bad News

The good news is I have started training to run a half marathon.  The training is slightly different than what I was doing to train for a 5k.  My endurance needs work, but I have six months.   This is a lifelong dream for me, one I never thought I would be able to realize.  But there is no reason I can't be the "sort of person who can run a marathon".  I can be.  I am. 

The bad news is I have gotten a medical diagnosis I am not too crazy about.  Lifelong, incurable, painful.  Pretty much the three things one does not want in a pain condition.  But there are things I can do to help.  (Things that do not involve drugs.  I am trying physical non-drug therapy first.)

I am also starting personal training.  This isn't for the marathon - that is a different sort of training.  But my weight loss has plateaued and I need something different to tighten up and push forward.

In short - I am going to be busy and in pain.  Status quo.

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