I CAN RUN!

 

Ha, first of all, I will never look that sexy or happy while crossing the finish line.  I'm drenched in sweat, mouth hanging open, hair a hot mess and just wanting to be done with the race.  If you need a laugh - go to marathonfoto.com and look at my pics from the big races.  Let's just say this: it ain't pretty.  SMH.

And, I won't be in the front so I highly doubt I'll break any tape.  The local 5K that I've managed to win in 2010 and 2012 doesn't have tape for the finishers.  And even then, the dude would break it first.  Unless they held out a new one for me, but that'll never happen.  I digress (again).

Anyway, great news everyone!  Grandma Pony can run!  I will be making it to the start of the Chicago Marathon 2012 after all! 

Drat!  I was really starting to enjoy bonding with my comfy couch and stuffing my face with yummy goodies.  Hey, you only live once, right?

I'll start of this post by saying that if the sports med doc told me that my season was over then I planned on going to the cupcake place (literally next door to their office - no joke) to eat both a muffin and a cupcake to drown out my sorrow in yummy goodness.  That didn't happen.  I ate a mini red velet one though to celebrate my release back to the roads.

Anyway, starting today, I'm going to start cleaning up my act so I can get my rear in gear.  Thank goodness for that because honestly, I was literally running myself into debt.  Let's calculate it:

• $300 for Ragnar (which I did not run).  The girls are sending me my costume, shirt and medal.  I'll probably pin these to my wall as a daily reminder about how much I suck!  No, just kidding... I'll hide them and hope never to find them ever again.  Such a disappointment for me here.
• $135 for registration fee for the marathon.
• $170 for the CARA Training Program

And yep, add that up and that's almost a mortgage payment for me down the toilet.

I saw the sports medicine doctor today and he gave me the good news.  I spent more time filling out the forms (since I forgot to do it prior) and talking to this guy taking down my information than actually being seen by the doctor.  He had me do a few tests and this was awkward because I was wearing a skirt.  He didn't ask me to put my shorts on and I felt super worried that Iwas going to flash the both of them.  Worse of all, I was wearing a thong.  SMH.  FML. 

Anyway, we went through a series of tests (all of which I'm pretty sure I failed) and he writes me a prescription for PT w/ the guy from Novacare who saw me last week.  I asked him if I could run and he goes, "Of course you can run!! You can run so long as your knee isn't swollen!"  *smacks forhead*

So to think - all this time I could have been running.  *sigh*  I asked him questions about using KT tape vs. the knee band.  He said the tape is better and that I should ask my PT about how to tape it properly. 

So yeah, it's official.  I am back.  I will try to lay off on the cookies, candies, chocolate, cupcakes, ice cream, etc.  (If you can't already tell I am a sweet tooth - thanks Dad for feeding me ice cream when I was two!)  It's time to get moving and back in shape for the marathon.

The game plan is this:  I will run 3 miles tonight and then join the group for a 5 mile run Saturday morning.  And, we'll take it from there.

I'll keep you posted on my progress!  Happy running to all you runners & hope everyone is staying cool in this awfully hot weather!