Back Pain - What A Pain
Seems that I forgot about my age.
That’s right, I’m no spring chicken. But, at age 40, I don’t feel that old. I have to tell you that my body decided to tell me that things aren’t the way they use to be. Come on though, isn’t 40 the new 20?
Recall, that I am training for the Robie Creek half marathon coming up in April, just a couple of months from now. Today, I went for an out and back run, 45:00 minutes out, and 46:46 back. The way back was tough. Thank goodness the whole run was flat. I ran along the Boise river greenbelt. As the run progressed I started to trip on my own feet as I could barely lift them up. I probably ran about 10 miles. Next week I will run 1:45:00, then 2:00:00 the following week. This is the same training I did for last year’s half marathon race. This time I am planning a run that covers the uphill portion of the race. The first 8 miles of the race are uphill and the rest are downhill. There is a good reason why the Robie Creek half marathon is referred to as the toughest half marathon in the northwest.
Weigh in today was at 181. Yes, I still have the good old analog scale, the one I adjust every time I weight myself. I’m still chugging 64 ounces of water a day and I have a mini seven day goal of no dessert and no snacks. The mini goal ends right on Valentine’s day.
Getting back to the run today … I need to stretch. My flexibility is limited to say the least. I can’t easily touch my toes when I bend over. Poor flexibility seems to run in my father’s side of the family. Seems I got hosed in that gene pool. My wife and I discussed and decided to start taking yoga at the Y. I have never taken a yoga class. My wife on the other hand, used to be involved in yoga quite a bit, B.C. (before children).
Since I am complaining about my fitness, hear me out. I replaced the bathroom sink this weekend. There’s a back breaking sport for you. I woke up this morning with a tight, a very tight lower back. On the right hand side of my back I had a sharp pain that would shot a jolt of pain if I put myself in an odd position. Of course, I wasn’t going to let a little pain get in the way of my first official weekend training run for Robie Creek. No sirree. I rubbed some Tiger Balm on my back, stretched a little then took off running. When I came back from running, I took a nice long hot back. Soaked in the tube and let the heat do some work on my lower back pain. Ate lunch, then sat down on the coach and turned on the heating pad. All of that seemed to help some. I can still feel a little nagging pain. If my back doesn’t feel 100% better tomorrow, I think I am going to spend some quality time stretching in the evening instead of either running or using the rowing machine.
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Seems that I forgot about my age.
That’s right, I’m no spring chicken. But, at age 40, I don’t feel that old. I have to tell you that my body decided to tell me that things aren’t the way they use to be. Come on though, isn’t 40 the new 20?
Recall, that I am training for the Robie Creek half marathon coming up in April, just a couple of months from now. Today, I went for an out and back run, 45:00 minutes out, and 46:46 back. The way back was tough. Thank goodness the whole run was flat. I ran along the Boise river greenbelt. As the run progressed I started to trip on my own feet as I could barely lift them up. I probably ran about 10 miles. Next week I will run 1:45:00, then 2:00:00 the following week. This is the same training I did for last year’s half marathon race. This time I am planning a run that covers the uphill portion of the race. The first 8 miles of the race are uphill and the rest are downhill. There is a good reason why the Robie Creek half marathon is referred to as the toughest half marathon in the northwest.
Weigh in today was at 181. Yes, I still have the good old analog scale, the one I adjust every time I weight myself. I’m still chugging 64 ounces of water a day and I have a mini seven day goal of no dessert and no snacks. The mini goal ends right on Valentine’s day.
Getting back to the run today … I need to stretch. My flexibility is limited to say the least. I can’t easily touch my toes when I bend over. Poor flexibility seems to run in my father’s side of the family. Seems I got hosed in that gene pool. My wife and I discussed and decided to start taking yoga at the Y. I have never taken a yoga class. My wife on the other hand, used to be involved in yoga quite a bit, B.C. (before children).
Since I am complaining about my fitness, hear me out. I replaced the bathroom sink this weekend. There’s a back breaking sport for you. I woke up this morning with a tight, a very tight lower back. On the right hand side of my back I had a sharp pain that would shot a jolt of pain if I put myself in an odd position. Of course, I wasn’t going to let a little pain get in the way of my first official weekend training run for Robie Creek. No sirree. I rubbed some Tiger Balm on my back, stretched a little then took off running. When I came back from running, I took a nice long hot back. Soaked in the tube and let the heat do some work on my lower back pain. Ate lunch, then sat down on the coach and turned on the heating pad. All of that seemed to help some. I can still feel a little nagging pain. If my back doesn’t feel 100% better tomorrow, I think I am going to spend some quality time stretching in the evening instead of either running or using the rowing machine.
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