I Spoke Too Soon

Back spasm! Back spasm! AHHHHHHH!!!

Yesterday morning, my back started getting sore. By last night it was spasming. During the night was ok, but after moving around for a little while this morning.... more spasming. I was waiting for this to happen, but I was hoping it wouldn't.

I have problems with my sciatic nerve. I've had problems since early in college. A slight move in a certain direction will send pain shooting down the nerves from my back down my legs. It usually only happens once a year, but it happened after San Diego and I am not surprised to feel it now, but I was hoping it wouldn't. I'll be fine in a week or so, but it's just annoying.

I tried to jog this morning, my first jog since the marathon. I've been using the elliptical machine for the past couple of days, and I might have to go back to it until my body can take the impact of jogging. My back was giving me problems after just a mile, and my right ankle/achilles tendon area was still smarting. So, I ended up walking 2 laps around Memorial this morning (the last lap with my sister).

I've also decided NOT to do the New Orleans full marathon. Instead, I'm going to do the half. I can't run another full until I lose 30 pounds - this weight just makes it harder and I know it's why my back is the way it is. I can't train for a marathon and lose weight at the same time, so I'm just going to do halves until I drop the poundage. But I'm going to keep my weekly long runs to around 15-16 so that I won't have to start completely over.

Time to grade the papers now....