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I may have lost my mind over the last couple of days.
To review: I was a competitive runner for 45 years. Then in 2017, my left knee started to complain. Things worsened, and the last run I did was January 23, 2019. I got an osteoarthritis diagnosis soon after, and I became a swimmer.
After 13 months as a swimmer, Covid put a (temporary?) stop to that.
Near the end of a 90min walkabout last night, I broke down, lost my mind, and decided to jog 400m on a soft soccer turf....just to see what happens. Nothing happened!! No pain. No fuckups.
Early today I jogged 10min on a field. Again, no pain. No major discomfort.
It is strange to do this again after 15 months of not doing it. My body/legs are very "wtf?" And I'm going reeeeaaallly fuuucking slooooow.
I wonder if I over-reacted to the diagnosis, because my knee was swollen and fucked up back then. But back then I was trying much bigger runs on harder surfaces. And the diagnosis was "mild", although with osteo, what the MRI shows vice what you feel can be very different. And we all have fucking osteo, to varying degrees.
I'm willing to continue this crazy experiment to see where it goes. I'll stick to 10-20min max, really fucking slow and careful, for quite a while, on soft surfaces. If the experiment fails epically, ie I end up in pain again, then I'll know. I'm not holding my breath, or getting my hopes up high.
So that's one crazy covid story.
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