The last 10 days have been incredibly busy for me: I started a new R101 (couch to 10K group), I am Race Director for Fat Danny's Trial by Trail trail run and I (drum roll please) I've had to get my head wrapped around having my knee 'scoped'. I'll bring you up to date and then keep you posted on the range of emotions, trials, tribulations and thought processes I go through - hopefully it'll be a positive educational experience. First off, we've decided to remove Fat Danny's from the B'ham Track Club - sadly there's no interest from the BTC in this event. We'll still offer it in 2011, it'll just be a regular 'independent' event. The R101 group is huge! They are digging this too, this may be one of my all time groups! More later as they progress..... During my last long run (Feb 2009) for Mercedes with my group (like 30 witnesses) I stepped into a 'dan-hole' (formerly called manholes) where an unnamed company (who WILL pay for my surgery) and I managed to tear my meniscus. Slight tear (horizontal) so the prognosis is very good (outside of the fact that I won't let it be anything BUT good! Mentally and emotionally I've really been worried - with al the negative what if's so much like Disney I had to re-arrange my thinking. It hurts now, it'll be better, maybe better than in a while (promise of the future), so let's make this surgery part of my training. It has to be done, so let's make it the best surgery ever! That's my thinking, that's my plan, and that's the way it will be!