Phil Grossfield's Blog

What a B.E.A.U-tiful morning yesterday, particularly for a run. And after a nice pre-jog stretch my running partner Pongo and I started off. The first 5 minutes or so are always the hardest for me but then I always catch my wind. I freed Pongo from his leash as we entered the park. Man, I was feeling good…happy actually…and I thought this might be a good morning for an extra long journey.

WABAMM!  Next thing I knew I was face down in the wet grass. Pongo ran right through my legs in full speed and took me out. I wish I had a video of it as I imagine it would have made Laurence Taylor proud. However, as I got up I realized my ankle was tweaked. And as I tried to walk on it I realized it was likely more than tweaked. I’ve had many ankle tweaks throughout my illustrious career as an amateur basketball player but this ranks right up there with the best of them. After an entire day of staying off the wheel and icing it down, it’s no better…I’m headed for an x-ray. I’ll let you know…