A2K Running Club

I was out for a jog at lunchtime on Thursday. My foot caught an uneven
part of the pavement and down I went. I banged up my right knee and
forearm and my left wrist. It was painful for a while, but everything
seemed to be feeling better by that evening -- except my wrist.

By that night, I was getting worried and decided to go to the Emergency
Room at Winchester Hospital.

I got to hospital at ten. I didn't leave until half past three in the morning.
Only about twenty minutes of that time was spent getting an x-ray,
talking with the doctor and getting cast to immobilize my wrist and thumb.
The rest of the time I was waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

Ten at night in Winchester MA. I thought the place would be empty!

damn -- really sorry to hear.
how long will you be in the cast?

the spill i took last summer was nothing compared to that...

Not long. I'm not sure "cast" is the right word. Probably "splint" would be
better. It only wraps three-quarters of the way around my forearm. My
wrist has been feeling better every day, so I'll probably ditch the splint
sometime this week.

I found all four of you..

am planning a 10k from work tomorrow.
conditions should be ideal -- sunny, upper 50's, light wind...

R(getting psyched)P

I hope the wind is lighter than today's.
Running into the wind was a real struggle.

spoze to be in the single digits, from the north...

how's the wrist?

The wrist is fine, but I took another fall (walking!) and now I've got lump on
my forehead and a black eye.

ay yi yi...

So sorry to hear about the fall, George.

And now I see you fell AGAIN?

Are you at least going to get to sue somebody?

Joe(besides me)Nation

yikes! don't do that!

Yikes, George!

I didn't know running could be that much of an adventure. Careful, gals and guys.

Report from The Heights of Something

This is how far behind I am in training for this year's NYC Marathon.

A) I have new shoes.
B) The miles I have run in them is equal to the number of usable fingers on George's injured hand.

Joe(no. really. )Nation

Reminds me of an episode of Cheers . . .

Norm: I haven't finished painting our house yet.
Cliff: How far have you gotten?
Norm: Oh, I bought the little hat.

my 10k's


* oak scare loop
all others are southie to brighton

Gonna do a 10K race?

wasn't planning on it.
there never seem to be any in town.
if there were, i'd consider it...

I've jogged on four consecutive days this week, for the first time in a while
and my knee doesn't hurt. My pace is getting better, but it's still slow.

Progress.

I should see about getting back to lifting. I had stopped - my right wrist was hurting something fierce. It seems to be better but I don't want to reinjure it. The right knee, though (why is everything happening to one side of me?), is still complaining about, well, lots of things. Jogging, I'm sure, would result in some rather loud complaints.