tiny green peas

Let me share a little tale with you that will highlight how completely I suck at doing most normal things.  I have recently procured an injury to my left knee whilst running.

wow! 

you must say

you must be some kind of super hardcore lance armstrong type athlete. please share with me your tips for being so fit.

but before you get carried away with thinking that i am all athletic and whatnot, let me tell you that i injured my knee while running  A MILE AND HALF.

yes, a mile and a half.

i've been all ego-inflated because i ran 3 times last week and starting having visions of running 10K's and things until I woke up Wednesday morning with an annoying feeling in my knee-al region.  every time i straighten my leg, my knee feels like it needs to pop; however, no amount of twisting or hopping (painfully, i might add!) produces the desired pop.

then while complaining about my plight to jaws (the boyfriend, who used to run half-marathons and stuff, which is my way of saying that he KNOWS about these things), he informed me that i probably had an inflamed tendon (or ligament? can't remember.) and that by NO MEANS should i try to pop my knee (whoops) and that I should be icing and stretching my leg. and that i should stop choosing my running shoes based on which ones are on sale.

so me and this dumb bag of peas have been getting well acquainted (did you know there is such a thing as 'grade a fancy peas'? and you can buy them at the food lion?)

the knee is feeling a little bit better, and soon i will go select REAL running shoes. and then maybe i can run more than 1.5 miles without injury.