Marathon Pundit not running this year's Chicago Marathon

2010 Chicago Marathon--running with a stress fracture

It's with a heavy heart I write this entry. I've run and finished each Chicago Marathon since 1990. But when the starting gun goes off for this year's event, I won't be there.

On the morning of last year's race, I wrote, "I've had a sore calf for three months."

And I still have a sore calf.

Last week I had an MRI done on that calf and my right knee. Here's what was found: An old stress fracture, which probably occurred in July, and a radial tear of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus. That's behind the knee.

I've run very little since last October, and I won't be running for a while. Physical therapy--I've done some already--is the next step in my recovery. And it will be a long recovery, I fear.

But I will be back.

But if I'm not, I can still be the Marathon Pundit without running marathons.

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