The other night I went out for a run. The day had been as humid as any we have ever had, but the oncoming night had quelled it into quiet submission, a mere shadow of what it had been earlier.
I had take about a week off from running after pulling something in my hip. A pretty good wake p call for me to actually start listening to my body. I had been running, at a better clip than normal and with more bounce in my stride, feeling good, when my right out hip started to hurt.
Suck it up, I thought to myself. Running is as much about mental toughness as it is about cardio and muscle. So I pushed on. Pain started getting worse. Still I pushed on. POP. Whatever was being strained, finally reached its breaking point. And then the pain really started.
So I took some time off. Fast forward to the night O’ humidity. I started out and the hip felt good, great actually. But I kept it easy and didn’t try anything fancy. In no time I had reached the normal point where I would turn around (1.57 miles) and walk back.
It happens to be at the start of a shopping mall. This time I decided to keep going, that I would run behind the mall in the service area over to the other side and back home. No problems, it went well and by the time I hit the other side the hip was starting to hurt so I stopped and started to walk the rest of the way back.
Only then did I notice the oncoming black clouds from the south and north-west. Even more forboding was the flashes of lightning that seemed to be coming with more and more frequency. I kept a wary eye on them as I continued to walk home.
About five minutes later it was clear to me that I was not going to make it home before both storms hit if I kept on walking. Shit. There was only one thing to do — keep running, or risk death. These were some of the wickedest looking storms I have ever seen, so I had cause for concern.
Its funny what adrenaline can do for pain, sorta makes it melt away. I ran, and ran hard home. I ran with purpose. My breathing was easy, my legs pumping like pistons, my focus tunneled on my destination. It was — Great! I felt like I was 18 again. The next day of course I felt like I was 80.
Looking back that is one run I will always remember.
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