Time to get back on the blogging horse. It's be sporadic the last month or so, partly due to two illnesses (strep throat and a virus) and just a hectic schedule at the house. However, I am making it my commitment to blog weekly, even if no one reads this. At least it's a way to clear the mind. And I promise that it won't be random thoughts to bore you, but words that will hopefully inspire you to start or continue with your health and fitness journey and endeavors. Life will continually knock us down, but we need to get back up keep making forward progress.
Let me give you a little insight as to how life has been throwing me a few curveballs lately. I began training for a marathon a few weeks ago. Day one, as I posted earlier, went fantastic. I felt great and I ran great. Day two, however, sucked. I had a pain in my left foot just below the ankle. It hurt to walk on for a few days. Did I go to the doctor? Nope. I'm a guy. No blood, no bone sticking out, no problem . Well, it was a little bit of an issue turns out. Four days later I took my shoe off to stretch out that foot and I heard a pop. Apparently something was out of place in my foot. I even felt what I think was a bone pop back into place. Scared me at first, but I was instantly cured. Seriously. Foot feel fantastic seconds after that happened. So what did I do? Being a guy, I ran the next day. Felt good again. In fact, I was cruising along well enough that I ran on the balls of my feet the entire time. Apparently my calves didn't agree with that decision because the next four days they decide to be sore and tight. On the disabled list again. Today was the first day I felt good enough to run. Guess what? My groin decided to take the day off. Seriously? I'm only 34! And the pain is slowly making it's way up my body. Lord knows what might happen when it gets to my head.
Pretty soon I should be good at hitting curve balls, I hope. That's been my life these past two months. But, I'm going to keep after it. And whatever curve balls are coming your way, keep trying to smack them. Sooner or later, life will stop throwing junk at us and will throw a nice, slow pitch right down the middle. My homerun will come soon, and I hope yours does too.
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