: About Me

Take a Break Overcoming injury is more than physical The pain is indelible: my shoes slap hard against the pavement. The soreness in my left shin amplifies. Each step is like shards of glass sticking into my bone. It's mid July and I'm finishing, what was for me, a grueling eight mile cross-country workout. I had tolerated this pain since the end of my spring track season in May. Everyday my workouts filled with doubt as the pain increased. I wondered how many miles my leg would remain pain-free. At what mile would I feel that knife-like pain? I was experiencing the unthinkable for any ath...