Runfessions with a side of Lemonade

Shall we chat about life, fate, and the simple act of being blindsided?

Hold on tight, because I have a few things to runfess on the matter. You can have your coffee (or beverage of choice), but I'm going with lemonade (more on that later).



Here's what's been happening:

--1--My recovery from the marathon has been so out of the ordinary for me, but I have been taking things in stride.  Well, not literally...there has not been much action in running shoes outside of my house in the past two weeks. I have kind of missed the early morning miles, but (surprisingly) I have not been feeling all gloom and doom over it. That's life.

--2--This wonky knee bursitis totally caught me off guard, and it's been rather annoying to deal with. Pain here, swelling there. Stiffness. The great unknown as to where it came from, and how long it would take to go away. But, it has been manageable (sort of). That's also life (with a touch of blindsided-ness).

--3--I must runfess that I really don't have much on my racing calendar that has been bought and paid for...but there a lot of "unpaid possibilities." Believe me, that's rare for me. I usually have several races (late summer and fall) waiting for me. That was pure fate right there.

--4--Being diagnosed with a suspected infection was a major blindsided situation.A simple follow-up appointment for the bursitis revealed that it wasn't just bursitis wreaking havoc on me or my summer plans. Couple that with the fact that I needed immediate antibiotics (via IV) and surgery THAT day...and it felt like my universe did a 180 on me.

--5--Having the surgeon tell me that if I had waited much longer, the red/purple skin on the affected knee may have been damaged beyond repair...like needing a skin graft. YIKES He then informed me that he doesn't want me doing any running for two months (YIKES again). Initially, I was shocked and disappointed with the prognosis, but considering I could have lost the entire knee (and possibly never toed another start line)...well, let's just say that I got off pretty lucky. Yes, that was a MAJOR blindsided punch in the gut.

That's the latest and (not so) greatest in my universe. Don't be jealous. I've been gifted with a bunch lemons as of late, and my #glasshalffull attitude is getting over-worked.

Do you have any runfessions to share? If we were having coffee, would you really be drinking coffee? If not, what would be your beverage of choice?

I'm linking up with Marcia for the monthly Runfessions



And, since it's the first weekend of the month, I'm also linking with Deborah and Coco for the Ultimate Coffee Date