Mile 1: remember that I forgot to take preemptive action against my monthly visitor, due any minute; retrace steps back home to remedy.
Mile 2: What's that twinge in my right knee? No worries - a faster cadence makes it go away.
Miles 3-6: This is great! I love running! Look at the pretty trees, listen to the pretty birds! Good morning, world!
Mile 6: left ankle feels "funny" and I'm having tunnel vision. Why are my fingers swollen to the size of bratwurst?
Mile 6.5: Ooooowwwww! Pain shooting back and forth between left ankle and left knee.
Mile 7-8: start taking longer walk intervals, hoping pain will subside; it doesn't.
Mile 8: give in to the pain and hobble the rest of the way home.
Home: discover that I'd been so focused on knee pain, I'd completely missed the chafing situation under my new running skort's legs; take ice bath, pop an Aleve, slather on some hydrocortisone, lay on the couch wondering why I ever thought running would be a fun thing to do.
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