Saturday, October 6, 2018
Recuperation journey: A tale of two 5Ks, in Derby and Seymour
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| Daughter Allegra and I pose before the Pounding the Pavement for Pink 5K in Seymour on a pink tractor owned by Ansonia resident Lyman Gilbert. |
Two weeks ago I had to stop after a little less than a mile at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital's walk/run because of ankle pain.
Fast forward to today at the 7th annual Pounding the Pavement for Pink in downtown Seymour.
Like everyone else I had donned plenty of pink bling and was all set to get some exercise with members of our Circle of Friends support group from Griffin Hospital.
We had just started what we expected to be a nice walk (we don't mind coming in last or almost last) when one of our friends tripped on a strip across the road that I guess is used for timing races.
She was just ahead of me to my right, and I saw her trip and then lose her balance and fall forward onto the pavement, hitting her forehead and nose.
Long story short she was taken to Griffin Hospital, and a friend and I stayed with her until a family member arrived. She never lost consciousness, and it didn't seem like she had broken anything. She no doubt will be quite sore tomorrow.
When the EMTs got her off the ground and onto a stretcher everyone around us clapped and cheered, which was a nice show of support.
We felt so sorry for her! She didn't need that to happen.
I can only hope next year's event will be much calmer and all will go "according to plan."
Recuperation journey: Believe
I'm using my Seymour Pink Believe mug this morning to motivate myself to believe I'll do OK at the Pounding the Pavement for Pink 5K later this morning in Seymour.
Truth be told I had to stop after the first loop at the Griffin Hospital 5K two weeks ago because of some stupid pain; the friend I was walking with was happy to stop too. We walked almost a mile, better than nothing!
Now where did I put the creme d'emu bleu? Time to slather it on.
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