Believe it or not, one of the things I was looking forward to when I came back from New Zealand in August was to start running again with my old training group. Alas, the stark change from running in New Zealand to running in the Austin heat was not good for me. On my first run I hurt my knee. It didn’t hurt much so I didn’t pay much attention to it, but after running for two more weeks it was getting worse. I rested for two weeks, but it didn’t improve. So off to the doctor I went. After x-rays and an MRI, I found that I had torn the meniscus in two places. The net result is I go in for surgery a week from Monday. After that, 6 weeks of rehab should put me back in shape to run again – if all goes well. We’ll have to wait and see, but hopefully I’ll be back to training the first of December, possibly in time for races in February.

Could it be I’m suffering from RWO – running while old?