In 2016, I fell out of a raft and badly injured my leg.
A Devastating Injury Could Have Ended This Ultrarunner's Career — But It Didn't It was our first day of a six-day wilderness trip down Idaho's remote Middle Fork of the Salmon River. For the next five days, my husband and I navigated 100 major rapids in 100 miles with a leg that couldn't bear weight.When at last we got out safely, I learned my leg was broken and I'd have to have surgery. My surgeon said I would be on crutches for 14 weeks and told me I should never run again.
By the time I finished retracing the whole route in my mind, I felt enlivened and hopeful, and I truly believed I'd run it again. Write I'm a writer by profession and passion, so I'm biased toward this method. But even for non-writers, it works. Grab a pen and journal and set your cellphone timer for 10 minutes. Then, go.Write everything you'll do when you're fully healed.
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