Thankful Thursdays: Week 21

I’m going to keep this short today because I’m getting ready to head out the door to do the thing I’m so thankful for – run.

I’ve had many setbacks in recent months when it comes to my health both with my hip and back injury, and with my continued progress in healing with celiac disease.

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But as I am tempted to get frustrated with the hard days, I have to remind myself of just how far I’ve come. The good days are outnumbering the bad, my body feels healthy more than it feels sick, and I finally get to run again.

Right now, my runs are limited to a 5.2 speed on the treadmill. No faster, or my body starts to hurt. No running outside because that’s too jarring. But that’s ok. At 5.2, my body settles in and I feel like I can run forever. One of my runs last week was almost 40 minutes, and over 3.2 miles. I’ll take it!

I’m so thankful…and now I’m off to run some more.