I walked six miles today. And I'm not sure where exactly to put this so I'll just say it here.
While taking care of my father during his last illness I let self-care go. I stopped exercising, had poor sleep, ate a horrible diet and too much of it and gained 40 pounds. I tried making my way back with the run/walk program I used before but I've really injured my feet and knees to the point where I have almost constant knee pain and difficulty standing up from a chair and getting out of bed in the morning. I was hoping if I worked through the pain it would decrease but it hasn't significantly done so. I don't have a runner's body even when I'm at a healthy weight and overweight I just can't pull running off.
I'm hoping to be back when I've lost my weight and am able to run again but in the meanwhile it just makes me too sad to be on the team. It just reminds me of what I can't do now.
I do hope to be back. So I'm saying happy trails until we meet again, Slow Fat Runner friends.

for being one of the BEST teams on Spark and I will

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Jess
Seattle WA
The beauty of the mountain reveals itself only to those who have climbed it.
Antoine de Saint Exupery -