I’m one day in to the multi-day ‘no-running’ recovery plan for my lower back and hip pain … i’m not sure its any better today than yesterday, but in comparison, i’m not sure its any worse. Tomorrow will be the deciding day in my opinion, because if after 2 days of pain, its either going to get better or its going to get worse. If its not any better, i’m not sure what the next strategy is besides seeing a chiropractor … the worst part is that it didn’t help anything today (and for the remainder of the week) that i’m at an offsite workshop for work, sitting in an uncomfortable chair for 8+ hours a day. There is nothing like being stiff and trying to concentrate on things when you’re in pain … its brutal.

So what do I write about when I’m not running? I don’t know, its been so long since I haven’t been running, i’m not sure there is much more to write about, odd, isn’t it? I can write about how depressed I am that the weather is turning better again, and I can’t run, but that would only make me more sad ..

I wrote yesterday that I felt the cause of my pain was my hip flexors, which it still might be, but it also could be my sacroiliac joint again, because although the quadricep soreness has subsided, the back pain isn’t any better. I know when I injured this joint about 2 years ago, it took a few days of rest before I was able to do anything … great .. If I can get back to running within a week at least, I can still pull of ‘finishing’ the Philly marathon, not sure how well, but at least we can do it (so I didn’t waste my money). I do think i’ll be out until at least Thursday, when I might try a light jog, depending on how it feels. Long runs? Well, we’ll see, we might be done with them, the next couple weeks will be interesting ..

Maybe this is someones way to get me to focus more on the next race …

Maybe this is questioning my loyalty to my sport … (or maybe i’m just losing it and are bored)

So what do you do when you are not running? I’m having trouble focusing on anything besides the ‘need to run’ …