New Year of Running - 1/1/11 - 1/15/11

[OakLeaf]

@Indigo - thanks, but no, this is directly below my sternum. I don't even know whether it's properly "chest" or "abdomen." Diaphragm, pleura, fascia, I really don't know, but it pulls and irritates my lungs rather than hurting on the surface.

I took a pretty hard shot there. I remember everything except the actual moment of impact (which, that moment of traumatic amnesia is normal for me), but I was pretty dazed and don't have a good sense of the passage of time - but anyway, when the squad got there they put me on oxygen. I didn't feel like I needed it by then, but maybe I was still having trouble breathing when they first got there, however long that was.

It's been long enough that I am frustrated - two weeks today - but I know from experience how long soft tissue injuries take to heal, and I can't realistically expect to be all healed up "inside" when I still have a few scabs and visible bruising on my hands. I'm just reallyreallyreally thankful it wasn't worse. And that I run, because from the half-pecan-sized lump that will be on my chin for a while yet, I might've broken my neck if I didn't have good bones.

So anyway, I just did two miles today, for the sake of getting out there and sweating and the "discipline" I mentioned before.