Grandma's World: 99 Problems and My Running Shouldn't be One of Them!

I've got a good Grandma story for you.  If you're a past or current reader of my blogs, you know that Grandma stories are funny.  She's a hoot, and I wish I could introduce her to all of you!  So here's the latest: I call Grandma after each of my physical therapy appointments because, you know how grandmas are, she worries about everything!  The calls are always good ones because I've been letting her know that I'm slowly upping my weight percentage and am running more (ie: combinations of 5 minutes of running and 30 seconds of walking vs. 3 minutes of running and 1 minute of walking like I did in the beginning).  So on Wednesday, I call Grandma on my way home from the appointment and give her the update.  We talk about a bunch of stuff, some of it running-related and some of it not.  I told her how I'm going to do the November 16th bridge run.  She was worried about that, but I assured her that my physical therapist did know about that, and he's the one who said I should be good to go by then.  I reminded Grandma that if I didn't feel up to running, I could just walk the route.  You'd think that would make her feel better, right?  Her comment, in that slightly exhausted, head-shaking with concern voice was, "Oh, Kim, I worry about you running."  I just couldn't help it, but I busted out laughing and said, "Grandma, my running should be the least of your worries."  Even she got a good laugh out of that when she realized that running's pretty tame compared to some of the other things I have done and am planning to do: sky-diving, hang gliding, scuba diving, getting my motorcycle license, etc.