I've been improving my posture and running (especially through running on their AlterG which allows me to take off 80% of my body weight) and I'm feeling really good.
Today, however, I experienced my first fall as a runner. Can't really even quite explain what happened or how I landed, but I'm left with what looks like 2 kneecaps per knee (one is a large bruise below the cap) and there is definitely going to be a lot of swelling and pain over the next few days. I'm not sure if it was ice or a very rough large pothole on the road under the expressway (read limited lighting), but it was a glorious fall which got my palms, knees and right shoulder. All I can say is that I'm super grateful that I wasn't alone, and that it was still cold enough that I was wearing lined running pants. I can't even imagine what my knee could have looked like.
>>Update: 4/6/14: My knee is almost fully healed up. Still a little pink, and I feel like the strength of my knee has been compromised slightly, so that I'm a little creaky, but I think I've very much learned my lesson in making sure I'm looking at the ground when it's patchy and dark like that. New York City really should fix that road.
>>Update: 4/6/14: My knee is almost fully healed up. Still a little pink, and I feel like the strength of my knee has been compromised slightly, so that I'm a little creaky, but I think I've very much learned my lesson in making sure I'm looking at the ground when it's patchy and dark like that. New York City really should fix that road.
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