I started running more like my upcoming training will be next week, of course in preperation, by doing a 7-miler with 6x100m strides this morning before work. It felt pretty good, although my back is still getting stiff (remember, it doesn’t hurt, just stiff) around halfway through. I pushed my pace a little, which didn’t […]

I was able to get outside today, although it was a little cool, but I was impressed with the new gear that I purchased recently. I’ve been on the treadmill for the past week, with a week off before that, so its been awhile since i’ve been out, and let me tell you, the gear […]

I was successful in my first semi-long run in the past two weeks … without pain. My intention was to do 6-7 miles, and see how we felt in determining if we should continue, and I felt good. I managed to get 10 miles in (on the treadmill of course). I pushed the speed a […]

I’m happy to say that my back injury recovery is going well. I’ve earned myself a day off today after 6 days of working out again. I was going to run again today, but I thought I should give myself a day off instead. In the normal course of training, I give myself a day […]

I have slowly worked this week to get my running legs back, and have so far succeeded. I did 2 miles Sunday, 3 miles Monday, 4 miles yesterday and did 5 miles today, with no pain. My back does get sore, but doesn’t hurt (remember, there is a difference). The sports doctor explained to me […]

I managed to get 3 miles in today on the treadmill, at a slower pace, without any pain. I started to get sore towards the end of the workout, which is what stopped me from doing 4 miles, I’m glad it did. About 3 hours later now, I still feel good, actually it feels better […]

As to be expected, I attempted my first shot at running since my back injury last week, and it went fairly well. I warmed up first on the bike for 5-10 minutes and then walked for a few and then ran a mile, walked for 2 minutes, and then ran another mile. So all in […]

I’m happy to say I returned to the gym today, did a little crosstraining … about 20 minutes on the bike, and 15 minutes on the CC machine, then some easy stretching of my back. Its been about 3 hours since i finished, and there seems to be no additional pain or stress (spasms), although […]

My back is slowly improving, and I worked today on fine-tuning my training schedule when I can return to running. Actually, whats more exciting is I just walked through the gym here at work and got all pumped up to work out, I really miss running but I know I have to wait! Anyway, I […]

Its torture not being able to get out on the road, but I know that taking it easy right now is critical to me getting back out there. My back is feeling much better than it has the last couple days, and I anticipate that it will continue to get better as the days go […]