Tagged ‘Knee injury’
- 1st Month Anniversary
It has been one month to this day since I last ran.
This kind of long-lasting injury can easily lead an obssesed runner like me to jump off the skyway, rob a bank, or watch Wowawee all day. But, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I could easily keep my composure—or better yet, my [...] - Everything But A Run
It’s been 10 miserable days since Clark—the race that ended with me limping my way back to the hotel. I initially thought the pain would go away by itself, like all the other times I pushed my body beyond its limits and found myself on the road again just a couple of days after, [...]
- License To Run
So, I paid my doctor a visit yesterday. Until now, I don’t know how I should feel about his medical advice. Happy? Anxious? Relieved? Scared? Uhm…perhaps all of the above.
[HAPPY]
Dr. Rivera told me that my knee problem, the discoid lateral meniscus, needs no rest nor recovery. It’s a [...] - Bad, Bad Day
Whenever my 3-year-old daughter enters the car with me, this our dialogue:
Nia: “I need music, Mama.”
Me: “What song do you like?”
Nia: “Bad bad day. Number 18.”
Me: “Okay, You Had a Bad Day it is!”
Nia loves You Had a Bad Day by Daniel Powter. My husband thinks the song is too negative, especially for a little [...] - Sore No More—Really!
This time it’s for real… I am back! My 7-day forced abstinence from running is officially over. I am healed!
- Annie and I after our run. We look so poised! You wouldn’t believe that we were laughing like noisy high school girls before this shot. It was a happy [...]
- Sore No More
“By the power vested in me by the Holy Spirit, I command you evil injury to depart from this poor woman’s knee!” Nope, my attempts at exorcising the soreness out of my knee proved to be futile. So, over the past few days—FOUR long non-running days to be exact—I resorted to more [...]
