I know my story isn’t as miraculous as Samir Singh but I really look up to him as an inspiration and hope to make my weakness my strength on this journey.
Well I came across this more like a personal challenge for me. At first running 2km daily wasn’t a big deal, but only after I began doing it I realized that it’s not easy. I started running a year ago not knowing which direction I would be heading but since then I have been able to challenge myself and completed a half marathon at Powai this January 2017.
But few months later while playing football for my club I hurt my knee during a practice match and I felt somthing pop in my right knee. Thats when I knew somthing wasn’t right. I did run the ICT 10k with this injury,which wasn’t a wise decision but i didnt want to give up.Post that I rested from any activity for a month and during that time I knew 100daysofrunning was a good way to start my rehabilitation.
During this journey I knew this was a challenge in itself. Even though I had to stop running for a brief period as I did an MRI and found out I had a partial ACL and Meniscus Tear. I still haven’t yet fully recovered. I missed my Tar blazer 21k and BNP 25k during this time.
The feeling of not being able to run really sad but I had take a decision if I wanted to prolong my running years and decided to rest. But rest assured am feeling good and looking forward to IDBI and Satara.
I hope to inspire people to run and in the last one year I have done that, I surely wouldn’t advise another person to run during a knee injury it’s not a wise decision. Rest is as important as a normal run.
Keep it Up Josh. Stay Healthy, Stay Blessed.
Great attitude Josh… Keep it going and never let go
keep on running Josh! Way to go
Make me run Josh.
Good work Joshua.. The writing part I mean :D.. Not sure about the running though 😛