[truckster]

I've been pretty fortunate. I don't have problems with my feet or my hips. I almost had to stop running because a dislocated toe during my Iraq deployment never healed right and the joint is all gone now, but a foot doctor recommended I change to Altra running shoes and use a carbon fiber insert, and now it doesn't hurt at all. My only problem is with the titanium parts in my back, but that's going to hurt anyway, so I don't let it bother me.

I had a co-worker years ago who believed that you're only born with so many heartbeats, and once you use them up you die.

For me running is all about overcoming my own weakness. I don't do it to compete with anyone else.