you wanted to take the elevator and not the stairs at the IFC conference. It was half a floor, I thought you were just being lazy. You quickly added that your knee hurt because of a marathon you ran. You failed to mention the juicy details (i.e. Superman helping his friend cross the finish line.) That's infinitely better than simply running a race. Next time, don't be so humble!

What a great friend you are! I'm sure he felt your caring support all the way. I just love Reiki. There are so many uses for it, including your friend, and your knee.

It’s great to offer support to others which is what we do in our line of work, living our passion. And if we don’t take care of ourselves first, we might not be there the next time a friend needs a helping hand.

Reiki and other forms of energy work such as Qigong can be very helpful tools in maintaining wellness.

Self application is great (if you are trained), going to a trained practitioner and giving yourself that gift is even better. If you don’t know what is going on with your knee, it might be time to have it checked out.

I have found it very helpful to work with these kinds of healers, acupuncture too. I am also considering working with a local Chiropractor who uses a technique called NUCCA. Very gentle treatment I am told. I have read some rave reviews on healing knee pain with it and my husband has been dealing with knee stuff for many years since tearing cartilage in his teens.

This is the local doctor http://www.hudsonwellnesscenter.com/OPCC.html and it was helpful to read the testimonials. This is the national organization for referral http://www.nucca.org/ for someone in your area if it speaks to you.

I’ll be curious to hear how it’s going and what alternatives you chose that will be kinder to your knee and still stoke the fire that was lit when you crossed that finish line with him.

Maybe next time consider jumping on a Segway ® www.segway.com and ride along beside him (grin).

THAT is the question,

Hey Richman,

Two years ago my sister declared she was going to do the Miami Marathon and as a sign of solidarity I told her I'd do it with her although I was living in LA.

So, I put the date on my calendar and proceeded to do NO training. After all, I'm a WNBA Champion, Olympic team alternate, elite athlete...surely I could do this without training, right?

My sister would share her training stories and how excited she was about the marathon. And I continued to applaud her and get excited while doing my yoga and spin classes. Not really thinking about the marathon, which was still months away.

Anyway, I'll tell this one day in my True Hollywood Story but for now, suffice it to say that when M-day rolled around and my sister was in Miami and I was in Santa Monica running the marathon "with her" - I paid for those months of NOT training.

I completed it in a little over 5 hours and vowed to never and I mean, nev-uh do that again. I got invited to a Hollywood party that night. A party that wild geese would not have been able to keep me from...but my aching body said, "Uh, we don't think so."

For the sage decision of running a marathon without ANY training essentially, we sentence you to 2 days in bed. Food and water optional.

Surprisingly though I got up the next day without hardly any pain or soreness. It was a miracle. Throughout the race I wanted to quit and there were stretches where I cried on every freakin' step, "Why didn't you train, you ATHLETE!"

But it was all good. My knees are fine and I've kept my word. No more marathons for me for now but you? I think YOU should do it...just for the experience.