I was able to get up to 35 minutes on the CC machine today, at a pretty intense pace (5.4), actually worked my cardio and broke a sweat. I was a little sore afterward, but I feel great now. The pain is not what it was even yesterday, so I know i’m healing. My new […]

I returned to light crosstraining yesterday, by riding the bike for 15 minutes and doing the CC machine for a few minutes. I also started walking on Friday, by doing a half mile around the house here. I increased from Friday to Saturday and now from Saturday to Sunday. I got 15 minutes on the […]

I’ve been out of running all week so far, recovering from an injury to my sacroiliac joint in my back. Today is actually the first day that I don’t have major pain, I actually got up out of bed without pain. Its gotten a little sore since i’ve moved around, but I intend to continue […]

I read back to my Sunday post again and chuckle about knowing my back and knowing how to manage the pain. I have been crooked and in pain the last two days, and have no intention of running for probably a week or two at this point. I don’t think that the pain is directly […]

I managed to get my long run in for the week, without any back pain. I was supposed to do 13 miles, but undercut it and only did 12.3 miles. I took a wrong turn in Kingston somewhere and got off course, so I made the best of things as I could. I did stop […]

As I reported on Thursday, I knocked my back out of line during my 9 mile GA run Thursday morning, and have dealt with being crooked and feeling slightly uncomfortable with my lower back. yesterday was a scheduled day off, which I took advantage of, and today was supposed to be a recovery run of […]

Well, once again things were going well on my longer GA run today until I felt a slight tweek in my lower back around mile 6.5. Its not killing me, but it hasn’t yet subsided, so I don’t know what to make of it. I don’t feel its a muscle thing since i’m slightly crooked, […]

Formal training started yesterday, and I had my first actual training run today (although I trained fairly similar last week). I got in 8 miles with 10x100m strides, and it felt pretty good. My back was awful sore yesterday, but didn’t hurt except for when I stretched it, I got a frightening pain, but it […]

The weekend has passed now and I have completed my agenda as expected. I got in 12.5 miles yesterday, and actually ran it pretty fast (even though it was a slight uphill). I did feel a little pain in my back by mile 11, and stopped right at mile 12 and walked for a minute […]

I had a great 8 mile run outside today, yes, I ran outside a week and a half before Christmas with only a long sleeve shirt on and shorts. It was a little chilly at first, and was a little windy in the back-country (demunds road), but overall was a great run. This is the […]