The Best Version of Yourself is Injured

Perfection belongs to an imaginary world. Accepting injury as part of normal life frees us to pursue goals and do the work to get better. 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I've been thinking a lot about the [conversation I had last week with elite marathoner Parker Stinson](113/cy08X04/VX3-9x1qm918N8xRxKpdhc_gW3NdgT54yhYyfN4Pt_M15nCT_V3Zsc37CgBMtW8KjJR55Ymm4lVC_Kz954THq0W2tPrqK2x26_DW9k2f2s4ZpvwvW85_XnB3Rr9-gW3ZvSXR4qXXslW3tjgH77bttwsW8x5Tx217gnkvW7g6b9j9frDfzW6WkVgl20xXrYW738_8f3qNwP0W1vrQYB8Xn3mfN57vJKcrD_TfW2Yfz1p6_f2zgW45Y-Zh187G05W7kkWN56WNBygW5zVQ388mTs6LW4MMSzj729k81W39XZhS6wz-8cDMKsmKBC7WW7Mx70M141B2mW3WbSlb7V6xfLVq0kMr7b-HQDN8BDZdcvty9cW6Y6ysr3sb_V6W3jKQ9L3plw0LW5fWptM5SPHj2VWkJ2Q2-1BCwW7NCkrv22pwJsW6KN2XV32RcyFW7NGlWL1S9Zm6W5Wq4bF4WX9rDW4fDwZD7Z7_p4W7kvJQP1H3_5x3dtx1). About his long, patient road back to full training after a tricky knee injury, about the concept of "cumulative load" (rather than isolated, intense workouts) that he is applying to his marathon training this year. But mostly about something he said about how he's approaching racing now: "Yes, I have knee problems still, and it is something I have to deal with every day," Stinson told me. "But at a certain point, I have to move on and approach my career like I am healthy and like I am the best version of myself." Can you be the best version of yourself and still be dealing with a nagging problem? It goes against my picture of myself, one in which the best version is free from all my wounds and weaknesses. One that puts together the perfect training program and executes the perfect race, the race I know I am capable of running. But that picture is fiction. "Perfection belongs to an imaginary world," psychotherapist Thomas Moore wrote in his Care of the Soul. "We are wounded simply by participating in life, by being children of Adam and Eve. To think that the proper or natural state is to be without wounds is an illusion." Stinson is right in not equating "healthy" with "injury-free." We are never entirely free from some weakness or imbalance or restriction from scar tissue grown over an old wound. We are always in some state of progress. Accepting this reality seems to lead to two truths: 1) Like Stinson, we can't wait for perfection to get into the arena (something I've been guilty of lately), and 2) we can't anticipate a time when we're not in maintenance mode, dealing with the imperfections of our real bodies. Stinson's comment dovetailed with something lifetime competitor Mike Fanelli told me when I interviewed him for my book, [Run Strong, Stay Hungry.](113/cy08X04/VX3-9x1qm918N8xRxKpdhc_gW3NdgT54yhYyfN4Pt_Nw3q3phV1-WJV7CgQPGW4wTdl-5JwL0MW8RTrXH1Z7TNVW8J171w4HlmnPW7J3LzT2cHKthW77cNhH7S9my1W8Z8Twc2xNSyBW2NSrXM9dx1jQW72FXdC87Mj3nW3_l7cB8Z4nkBM_h3PCwYK2SV1TPGf8g7FVKW1FZDGh5Jlc8zW8lTwH81r4GyKW3R-nQy35_PZgW4n7Ckj9057b-W18cCsS1s4Lm4W12ydwj6QHHcZW416CPv9k985TW5Cjpjz3zt7NxW34_lfn3fBYKhW1WQqWQ58NtnsN50kRzLHXgQSW68cqnQ5-lDVZW6N-tWH6YBpQPW2brlbP3lS0FMW8RH4gC7BW4y7W5fZ42-4YvdsWN7d3M0yYByf73g4H1) "One of the keys to longevity in the sport is to understand what you can and cannot do," Fanelli said. "Can you stay in a space of management and maintenance, and push as close to the edge of capacity in training, while working with whatever elements and pieces and parts of the puzzle that no longer work. You have to understand what you can do to maximize fitness while looking after the damage and trying to keep the damage from expanding." Fortunately, we [keep learning more](113/cy08X04/VX3-9x1qm918N8xRxKpdhc_gW3NdgT54yhYyfN4Pt_Mk5nCVhV3Zsc37CgRvPW6qk_Nt34HSBkW2-x9D86TGj7vW2g34-C3y0MS1W5Sjblg3ftsmWW4Wq_mK1f3cQXVXXBsp4NGq1XN4NDVSbPCHghV7T06S7ZfSvPW546zp-25B6PJW3zgJcQ9m0NXSW1dZmz-5MN8PLW2mkWbb2LCkMgVyT4q75xggPjW1vQvN-3vYZhFMHZcHMWqCztW8jQl358yFCFxVbXKzY1QW9B6W8K-PlR8PSVpHW8JLLsT5Vmh5DW6SjMBf4xYY-8W8m5mtt3lbGnvW7H3MRt1_DncjW3zVHLb88Hs2YW2WR4hH56PpBfV4Qr0t4SltvwW2WWl6C8b2RZZW7lwB2Y9fQ-l_W2Hmdnx8hgd4CW2jjFzG1HYwsCW3fZjwX36rF7GW8WmQwb3KHvV4W8ShhPG3Kt9gWW34C05z8rH9lCW2Mf30-7dTxtQW3xbKJw7SsPP6W8v2S6j4BfGM33nRQ1) about how activity can strengthen parts we used to think no longer worked, but no one promises a path to perfection, or an end to the need for constant maintenance — even to be [able to run "naturally."](113/cy08X04/VX3-9x1qm918N8xRxKpdhc_gW3NdgT54yhYyfN4Pt_NQ3q3pBV1-WJV7CgJL_W7LKyCy3NkJv8W5bdQfF87YjSxVlykF67_02cBW33X9-N4wy30qW3snLm35z6R5tW9g0J0r2jLjzxW7BGGPQ87sWqxVNJv976PGDGCW1dmXBg6WvVmjW2gBSDQ7K2k0zW1Nts2z1jFPjPW75894t3c3vHpW90KXjL6RqSYzW6Nrlk51kHpP0Mxvvqnvq-WfW48BWRH3zLB0kW8lC_548zK8pSN7Cdp16dmrBVW8zJZdm6jWmz-VrFY0Z7MHyT3W8PH9m68X93J8W89YdF04R5MQbW93Xtxx58vl7gW2mQDX-8V3QB5W881m9b92qF1FVzSQtb8q30rLW5srSV05c60pWW5GTftc31ZwrTW3RXWwg6cY5xNVDb5RZ7nNDNP34MR1) Fanelli admitted it isn't easy to stay in management mode and keep pushing — in fact, he considers the willingness to accept this altered view of health the dividing factor for those who stay in the sport and those who burn out. Stinson no doubt agrees. But the alternative is to walk away, and neither of them — nor I — am ready to do that. We have more to prove, more miles to enjoy. So we run on — eyes open in the imperfect real world, fully aware that we are damaged — with the mindset that today we can be the best version of ourselves. Run tall, friends. — Jonathan Beverly, Editor PODIUMRUNNER [Parker Stinson is Back and Boston Bound](113/cy08X04/VX3-9x1qm918N8xRxKpdhc_gW3NdgT54yhYyfN4Pt_M15nCT_V3Zsc37CgD1dW7q6QrJ3-nYJmN57rJZmrQQhPW8MBLT43N4pJ7W7TbyCH8CpDydN3n_DrBhCkKXVNsD2h8chyK9W4FXfDD1kPssbW8QJtK-4j56SBW8mNQlb86zL48W4ZfDsq8_jyGVW3GqR4z5cX318W63kvgq1l4qXmW7c4Jrt7PLY0xW2R60NG3M2cRCW6kRxZB96RGNyVhqzmt2bcxY0W1ZL1wJ3qhrX7W27P-Zz8rqCvCN1cSZtnwzzHBW1zPHjk6TtlyVW9ftw3V1SYPgcW223x_M3cYGxmW5HrQp250ppBGW1CpHQL7YJP21N11MVPGytG6MW1XXTz25fZrPbW4B82cS1W5l0dW9dwFZG1h76WRW4hfkvb5-rYDGW5p-Szl5qTypYW5xxl6z2D_gB6VvJl7D80RPKlW8M7wPW4ZXg88W5sX4rd4DH5WL37lf1) In the fall of 2019, Parker Stinson had set an American record, lowered his marathon PR by four minutes, and was heading into the marathon trials with hopes of making the team. He didn't make it there. Instead, he spent eight months figuring out how to make his knee work right again, then another four coming back from surgery. A year later, and he's training harder than ever. 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We detail the numerous gains runners can glean from sleep, and factors that you can control to improve the quality of your sleep. PODIUMRUNNER [No, Running Doesn’t Wear Down Your Cartilage. It Strengthens Your Joints.](113/cy08X04/VX3-9x1qm918N8xRxKpdhc_gW3NdgT54yhYyfN4Pt_Mk5nCVhV3Zsc37CgH89W2JBbjC5TjHLqW1WGWYn4mDn3mVZDn5P9hxz0sW1Z316T2xG98RW7wLwM44xpggXW26BgZJ38ks6lW55Zf-g7vdJ5rVCLwYX8g5r0FW7Czmth7pgRK0W6d0zKk3hVnspW7q_Sgv91G1KzW1tYHX41WpGPpW7239F96Wp_gBW5Fw1kt5bsjgZW5sZh1j5_1GY4W7m-Srf3rGRgcW3l96CS8Ks2HKW6S5j0W22gkg-W6Rvtky5KYPTWW5PhH_X1KV248W35bdbD7szgHgW58lJB88BxwLMW4gx0t_23psyfW3cK_6_1XdPR8W4vqgpT2lH-PGW5xKvLq61fYQRW4ZxmvZ60YfhzW8bHTL15RyhvLN4vLRyH4-ml3N1hqKKfzDNvfW1qsCdV6RZ-JjW8Gl8HK8kYrLHW4D3_tS4GlwTcW7TRjy56tw_P2W3WhgkB868WsZW8x0DV93CHJNl3nNZ1) A new analysis of research reveals good news for all runners, and particularly for those diagnosed with arthritis: running can actually strengthen cartilage. Gone is the old myth that cartilage is static and only wears out. Studies show that it adapts to training load and gets stronger — even in the course of an ultra-marathon. We asked the researchers and some medical professionals what this means for running on arthritic joints. 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