I Think I Can

For the past year and a half I've been battling a hip injury.  It all started when I decided to get healthy and start running again.  I'm sure I did too much too fast and within 10 days something had happened in my left hip and I woke up in a great deal of pain.  For the next six months I nursed it along and went to the chiropractor regularly.  For the next six months I started feeling stronger and doing yoga.  About a year after the initial injury I hurt it again.  This was super frustrating as I was just getting to the point where I felt I didn't have to be cautious.  It's been about six months since my last injury and I am pleased to announce I am training for a 5K.  A friend of mine found a training program that is couch to 5K in 10 weeks.  As of tomorrow I will have completed my first two weeks.  I am loving it.  It gets me outside.  It starts me out slow so I'm not prone to hurt myself and I'm learning to pay attention to my body.  There have been days when I've needed to ice my hip but for the most part I'm really loving it.  I'm excited about the prospect of reaching a goal I meant to meet one or two years ago and was unable to due to injury.  I think I can, I think I can.