I felt the twinge in my knee a few weeks back. After a hike, it was a bit tight and maybe a bit sore. This went away after a couple days and I didn’t think much about it. 

During training hike #10, I believe I twisted my knee when going across some rather slippery mud. When I was headed back down the hill, I started to feel some discomfort. With 4 miles to go, I was definitely in pain and stopped for some Naproxen. There was a fair amount of cursing as I traversed, but I didn’t know how else I would get down except to walk it. 

Like before, I convinced myself that I was feeling better after a couple days. When the third day came and my knee buckled a bit followed by a lot of pain during the night, I started to worry. One doctor’s visit later, and I’m at the end of this particular road. Tom will continue training and we both plan to attend our hiking weekend. Maybe I’ll walk some of it, but the full 28 miles does not look possible right now.

Looking back at the 10 weeks of training, I am happy with how much I did and how much I learned from the people I met. I am especially happy that Tom and I have raised $5591 for Make-A-Wish® San Diego! Thank you to everyone who donated money to our fundraisers — that money will go to help grant wishes for children with critical illnesses.