Defeated

by my knee... stupid IT band! I have been putting off blogging about this because I've been hoping that I would magically be healed. But unfortunately that hasn't happened. So this Saturday we are running the Salt Lake City 5K instead of the Half Marathon. I was worried this might happen, so we waited to sign up for the race until the last possible second. I'm very disappointed because this means I won't be able to accomplish my New Year's Resolution to run 2 half marathons in 2009. I'm going to modify my goal to run as many races as I can (hopefully adding up to 26 miles in total). Isn't it interesting how our bodies are all made differently? I know a guy that used to be in our ward that ran in the Beijing Summer Olympics last summer. Apparently he runs 15 miles a day. Obviously I wasn't made like that because my knee starts screaming in pain when I get up past 15-20 miles in one week. PATHETIC! I'm going to go see a Physical Therapist and see if I can learn some stretches/strengthening exercises to do. Maybe by the end of the summer I'll be able to do a half marathon. The heart is willing, but the body is weak. Such is life!