As most of you know, this blog was created for my brother and I who made an agreement over Thanksgiving last year that we would run a marathon together in a year's time. Yesterday I received an email from my brother which made me a little teary eyed. My brother Brian has had his share of obstacles to overcome in order to progress his running. He has had surgery on his foot, had Achilles issues and as of lately, was struggling with additional ankle problems and was seeing a physical therapist for these injuries. My brother wrote me, "According to the head of the southern California foot and ankle institute at cedars says I have the most inflamed posterior tibial tendinitis he's ever seen and will be using my MRI for his next lecture." This can't be good, I thought to myself. The good news is that Brian probably won't need surgery, however it is unlikely that he will be able to run the marathon with me in the Fall. In some strange way, this may be a blessing in disguise for my brother, who has a baby boy on the way who will need Brian and his wife, Alesa's full attention. Bri, I wish you a speedy recovery and I know that you would be there at the race with me if you could.
As for my training, it has been going pretty well lately. The physical therapy that I'm going to seems to be working well. My knee pain has lessened considerably and I'm really positive that this therapy will be successful.
Stefhan, his two girls and I went to southern Utah over the weekend. I ran 6 miles into Capitol Reef National Park with Mogul. This was by far one of the most beautiful runs I have ever done. Mogul went with me and he was able to run off leash since we ran on a back road where there wasn't a vehicle or person in sight. Two miles in, I had to do a little rock hopping to cross a beautiful, crystal clear creek. On the other side there was a run down barn/ranch, however I didn't see any humans or animals there either. The sky was one of the bluest skies I had ever seen and it really felt as if I was running Under the Banner of Heaven. It was one of those runs where if I had more time, I would have kept going and going.
That's about it for now. I'll keep you updated as to my brother's progress with his tendinitis.
Charli
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