So, I did, in fact, wake up this morning and my back felt significantly better. There was still some pain, but I am doubting any trouble with the disc. Truth is, really, I don’t know.
I decided to go ahead and at least walk to get some exercise in. The new shoes felt great and so did my back, so I decided to run. Todays intervals required two repetitions of 90s run/90s walk/3 min. run/3 min. walk — and I DID IT! I actually managed to run for three minutes straight for both intervals. I was floored. Maybe it was the fact that most of my course was flat, or that it wasn’t as humid as normal (though we got a nice monsoon storm here in Arizona last night). Regardless, I did it, and I’m quite happy…not to mention I recorded my best pace so far at 14:28.
I cooled down a bit and sat and rested for a while in the living room. After about a half hour, I stood up.
Ouch.
My back hurt again. So, now I’m stymied at how I managed to run without pain. Was it a good thing? Or should I wait until my back is indeed healed? Either way…I’m taking it slow over the weekend and am going to hopefully get some good pool time!
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July 12, 2008 at 1:42 am
Paul
It’s good that you were feeling better this morning, and were able to exercise. Quite the bummer that you ended up hurt again.
Hopefully nothing serious.
July 12, 2008 at 6:18 am
MizFit
Im so careful now that Im (sigh) getting older that Id wait and ONLY SWIM or walk until I had no pain/I got checked out.
Miz.
July 12, 2008 at 4:06 pm
goodbyetoallfat
Well done on being able to jog for 3 minutes straight through, but don’t do your back in. Best wishes, Sharon.
July 13, 2008 at 9:33 pm
AndrewE
Glad to hear the back is not as serious as you thought it may be.
July 14, 2008 at 8:59 am
insanitychyld
That’s awesome you were able to do both sets of 3mins of runnning! Congratulations!
I’ve read where they tell runners not to stop running all together or stop whatever excercise you do, when you’ve hurt yourself a bit. Obviously, not if you’re in immense amounts of pain, but a little, because the continued excercise actually helps the muscles, body heal itself. I’m not sure if I completely buy it, but it does make some sense.
Hope your back continues to do better!
July 14, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Johnny
Hey all, thanks for the kind words!
Paul – it is quite the bummer. I was never this injury prone as an athlete.
Miz – Sound advice. If it ends up getting worse, I’ll definitely have to ease up and get it checked out.
Andrew – me too!
Sharon and Will – thanks for your support! I couldn’t believe I could do the three minutes, but it’s time to up it a bit. Will, I think what you’ve described might be the case with me. My back feels much better when I walk or run. I definitely don’t overdo it…I do know my limits…but I think it might actually be helping a bit.