Today I meet a runner that is a leg amputee, he was running with one of those springy carbon fiber artificial legs. I talked with him for a few minutes then ran about half a mile with him on part of my long run. He was hurt in a motorcycle accident and basically was given little chance to ever walk again...somehow he learned to walk and then run, he does about 4-5 miles at a time...said he took up running 7 months ago.
Later in my run I saw another guy running that I have seen numerous times over the last two years at the various parks I run at, he was very over weight and always carried a weight in each hand when he walked. Today he was actually running...first time I saw him running so I stopped to talk to him. He told me he had bad knee's and 2 years ago he had knee surgery plus had cancer the following year. The doctor's told him he would have to walk with a cane and maybe a wheelchair later... he said he got discouraged with the rehab they had him doing and stopped it then just started walking a lot. Little by little he lost weight and very recently was actually able to start running and his weight is way way down...he is in good cancer recovery also.
I usually never see anyone at this park during the week and here today I talked with 2 runners with remarkable stories where they have overcame health troubles by doing things on their own basically...not just giving up when the medical people told them it wasn't going to work out for walking and running. Just gave me some good feeling about how people overcome things on their own, going against the mainstream medical thinking.
Later in my run I saw another guy running that I have seen numerous times over the last two years at the various parks I run at, he was very over weight and always carried a weight in each hand when he walked. Today he was actually running...first time I saw him running so I stopped to talk to him. He told me he had bad knee's and 2 years ago he had knee surgery plus had cancer the following year. The doctor's told him he would have to walk with a cane and maybe a wheelchair later... he said he got discouraged with the rehab they had him doing and stopped it then just started walking a lot. Little by little he lost weight and very recently was actually able to start running and his weight is way way down...he is in good cancer recovery also.
I usually never see anyone at this park during the week and here today I talked with 2 runners with remarkable stories where they have overcame health troubles by doing things on their own basically...not just giving up when the medical people told them it wasn't going to work out for walking and running. Just gave me some good feeling about how people overcome things on their own, going against the mainstream medical thinking.
