{"id":2102,"date":"2013-07-18T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2013-07-16T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T14:14:39","slug":"injured-and-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/18\/injured-and-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured and Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/small__4044545394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2103\" alt=\"small__4044545394\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/small__4044545394-300x210.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/small__4044545394-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/small__4044545394.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kdashy\/4044545394\/\">TheKenChan<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/photopin.com\">photopin<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\">cc<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m lucky in that I haven&#8217;t been seriously injured while running.\u00a0 Sprains and strains here and there and the occasional\u00a0 battle with Plantar Fasciitis or Runner&#8217;s Knee, but for the most part, I&#8217;m in pretty decent shape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That said, here&#8217;s a current list of tweaks and twinges annoying me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scraped right knee<\/li>\n<li>Scraped left shin<\/li>\n<li>Giant bruise on left quad (I have no idea)<\/li>\n<li>Hyperextended right thumb (also clueless on this one)<\/li>\n<li>Massive bug bite on right quad<\/li>\n<li>Fading sunburn on backs of shoulders (because I can&#8217;t properly apply my own sunscreen, apparently)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So not too bad, but if you look at me in shorts and a t-shirt, I look a mess.\u00a0 And you know what?\u00a0 I&#8217;m pretty proud of it.\u00a0 It was a big debate as to whether I was going to wear a skirt for today&#8217;s meetings or pants to hide my legs.\u00a0 (Ultimately, I decided on pants, not to hide the injuries, but rather because shaving around all the scrapes is annoying and I&#8217;m too vain to go out with hairy legs&#8230; at least to work.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t care less about how I look for tonight&#8217;s swim practice.)<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, most of these injuries are because I&#8217;m just kind of clumsy, but it&#8217;s still kind of fun to look like a weekend warrior who went out and got messy and fell down and had a great time.<\/p>\n<p>But I really should figure out some of these unexplained injuries.\u00a0 Maybe someone is beating me up in my sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo credit: TheKenChan via photopin cc I&#8217;m lucky in that I haven&#8217;t been seriously injured while running.\u00a0 Sprains and strains here and there and the occasional\u00a0 battle with Plantar Fasciitis or Runner&#8217;s Knee, but for the most part, I&#8217;m in pretty decent shape. 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