Steve and his co-workers decided to run the Salt Lake half-marathon today. Steve comes from a running family--his Dad, Russ, has ran several 100 mile races and he had two sisters and a brother-in-law run the recent Boston marathon. However, running is not Steve's thing. He felt compelled to get in shape because he gained 12lbs while he was writing his dissertation when we were apart so he signed up. The concern came a few weeks after he began training when his back started hurting him (which is a major concern for Steve since he broke his L1 vertebrate almost 10 years ago and now has a manufactured vertebrate and two titanium rods) so we made sure he had good shoes and had him lay off the training a bit. This week his right knee started bothering him and he was worried about being able to run. Yesterday while eating breakfast he said, "I haven't felt this anxious since I graduated." His goal was to complete the race around 2.5 hours and he just called to say that he is ok. He said him and his co-workers ran the first 3 miles together and then he dropped back not wanting to push too hard and then around mile 9 he said his knee started hurting pretty bad so he had to slow his pace again to pretty much a walk. The pain continued so he decided to sprint, as best he could, the last mile. He still managed to meet his goal finishing in 2:18:39. Way to go Steve, we are so proud of you!!
He just got home and he can barely walk. So he will be taking it easy the next couple of days, lots of rest and ice and ibuprofen. I'm glad his desire to get in shape has motivated us both, but I think this summer we'll do something with less impact for his back and knee--we'll try biking and ultimate fribee.
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