The ultrashea

"It doesn't have to be fun to be fun"

-Mark Twight

"We don't make sacrifices. If we truly love this sport and we have these goals and dreams in the sport, the classroom, or in life, they're not sacrifices. They're choices that we make to fulfill these goals and dreams."

-Deena Kastor

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

-Steve Prefontaine

Well, I’ve not wanted to talk about this, but I have to sooner or later. Last Thursday night, in the midst of my last hard workout before CRASH-Bs, I tore the meniscus in my left knee, most likely badly enough to require surgery. I’m hobbling around until I see my friendly neighborhood ortho specialist in March. No CRASH-Bs, no Illinois Marathon. No idea where the rest of the year is headed right now. Bummer.