I am not a hamster

They say the road to recovery is a long one. I know this is true.  It's been 17 weeks since I got rear ended and I'm still "recovering". These have been some of the most challenging months of my life. I miss running so bad. My physical therapist won't release me to run again since it seemed to make things worse when I tried back in Oct/Nov. He's has me walking on the treadmill and boy do I hate it! Any one who runs, or "has the sickness" as he kindly puts it, knows that walking just doesn't cut it! There is no feeling of power and beauty and true breathing. I have been walking outside as much as I can and it helps some. I'll take 2 layers of Cabela's polartec fleece over your rubber belt on a wheel any day!