Are my dreams crushed?

So the thousands of you that read our blog daily know that a couple of months ago I made a post regarding the fact that I was training for a marathon in October. Well, very typical of my life, last week while playing in a summer basketball game my knee got crundled against the hoop/pole, resulting in some sort of moderate ligament sprain. This coming after 15 weeks of training, and being in the best running shape of my life.

This is a tape of my singing my heart out shortly after the event wondering if my dreams of running a marathon are crushed....


At first I thought, "You know what Jake, you are the F*ing kid...if anyone can rebound from this it's going to be you." Well today, just days after the injury I decided that I really couldn't afford to lose time since I'm on a running program, I need to get back on the horse, ya know?

So I decided I would get out there and try to limp out 3 miles....this picture below was the result after completing mile 2.
I then picked myself back up and limp-jogged home like a pansy for all those on the road to see. Listen, for those of you that know me, you know that I'm out of my mind. I can't handle injuries like this at all....after 15 weeks of running in the Summer it looks like it's all going to be for nothing, and that makes me extremely violent.

I'm crying out to all of you, give me some hope. Tell me some tricks to help heal wounds / run longer injured. Give me some F*ing magic out there. I'm supposed to go on a 10 mile run this Saturday and I can barely walk. Is my dream over? Does anyone care? Do people think I'm quitting? Am I losing my mind? Is TO ever going to win a Super Bowl? Should you ever pitch to Albert Pujols? What's the meaning of life? Someone help me....


-J "Insane Asylum" Perk