And the reason for that, I told myself was because running was unhealthy. Running was bad for your knees. All the runners I know had back problems. They're crazy as loons those runners. And if they don't get hit by cars they'll be eaten by mountain lions, surely.
Fools.
Imbeciles.
I wouldn't even try anything like it. I'm not crazy. That's why.
But the real reason, one I not only did not know of but would never have acknowledged if I had, was that everything hurt. All the time.
My knees ached. My feet hurt. My back was creaky. If I moved to far too long I would be embarrassingly winded.
It was because I worked at a job that had me on my feet all day. And when I quit that job and got a desk job it was because I was so frustratingly sedentary.
I never would have admitted that my knees hurt because I was walking around with an extra 100+ pounds on them.
I couldn't say aloud, not even to myself, that my back ached because not even the world's best mattress could hold the weight around my middle well enough for me to sleep comfortably in any position.
My feet hurt because there was no such thing as an orthopedic shoe or insert or magic whats-its that could cushion 277 pounds of weight on a mere 70 sq in of feet.
All that pain. I thought. Runners have to endure it all the time. The poor buggers.
And this Sunday I am running a Marathon. And my knees are perfectly healthy. My back feels better than it has in 15 years. I have been walking around town in heels all day and my feet feel fine.
Thanks to running.
Thanks to marathons.
I am pain free.
And I have great back muscles that will support my spine for years to come.
And my knees? My feet? Well, see for yourself.
Alyshia Davies
Whole Health Renovation Specialist
"Nothing is safe Someday or other it will all end in tears. You can't avoid disappointment but you can enjoy success." -Me
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