Running entry 1

For my blog entry I've decided to write about running and my surgery recovery. I decided to write about running because it's something that I've constantly been working on over the past two summers.

I've always considered myself somewhat of an athletic person but I discontinued my participation in high school sports after my freshman year. As an avid skier and skater I felt that I still maintained my healthy stature, but around the half way point of my senior year I began yearning for my pulse to pump at it's maximum capacity and my muscles to whine and burn. I decided to go for a run and it felt great. That spring, with the end of skiing I immediately began running daily and the summer after I graduated from high school became the summer that I became a runner. I ran 3 miles or more a day everyday for just over 100 days, and I didn't miss a single one. As fall came I slowly began running less and less until ski season was in full swing and so I stopped.

This past summer I started up strong again but began experimenting more and more with my running. I did a 13 mile run early on, then later in the summer began timing my runs to try to increase my speed. My personal best six mile run was in 43.5 minutes. When I visited home in Vermont the lower elevation increased my stamina and I was able to run 27 miles.

That brings me up to my current state. I've been running 3-6 miles almost everyday and tomorrow I am scheduled for surgery, which is going to put me out for two weeks if I don't need bone taken from my hip, 4 if I do.