Full Moon Tuesday

Distance: 3 miles
Start time: 5:13 am
Run Duration: 33 minutes
Pace: 11 minutes/mile
Temperature: 77 degrees
Humidity: 87%
Location: Memorial Park, Houston

Up early today, it's forecast to be 100 degrees when I get off work, so I wanted to take advantage of the little bit of cool I could this morning. The moon was so bright and beautiful this morning as I drove toward the park. It made me smile.

I took my time on the path. The way the shadows fall and contrast between the brightly lit portions of the path played tricks with my eyes. I couldn't see well and I didn't want to take a chance, didn't want to risk a fall or a sprain. Many of my patients tell me that their worse fear (as they age) is stroke. My worse fear is a broken hip. I'm 49 years old and I've been falling my entire life. I'm inherently clumsy. I slip, trip, crash and tumble. I have a fear that I'll end up with a shattered pelvis and...then what? I'll be in some convalescent home, maneuvering via walker, with my gown half open, my backside exposed to everyone who passes by?

Ah, obsession. Where would I be without it? At least I'm never alone.