Saturday, October 1, 2011

Cross Country....maybe!

Joshua tried out for and made his middle school cross country team this year. He was so excited about it! He is a good little runner and when he sets his mind to it, he will do his best. Unfortunately, after 2 weeks of practice, he started to have pain in his ankles. He took a few days off and rested and then tried running in the first meet. The poor kid was in so much pain, but he would not give up. He came in near the end, but even through the pain, he was still running at a very slow limping pace. After a visit to the doctor, he has now been given a 1 week rest period to recover. Considering that the season is only six weeks long, he will only have 4 meets left when he returns. We are hopeful that he can get better and try again, because he was so excited about being on the team!

1 comment:

Darla said...

Did he get better? If not, maybe try this form: http://www.sltrib.com/csp/cms/sites/sltrib/pages/printerfriendly.csp?id=50730345. My friend actually teaches people how to have correct form in running and I've been doing it since this summer and don't have any pain in my knee when I run, anymore!