Ran it anyway

Post back-spasm from yesterday I decided to run with a little bit of pain today. I had to give myself strict instructions not to try and run too fast, so I used the high school kids to keep my pace nice and steady. I only felt a twinge if I rotated too far in either direction. I am glad this won't require time off as my legs and connective tissue are really cooperating at this mileage level, and I think I'll be ready to move it up a bit next week. I took 600mg of ibuprofen last night against my usual no drug policy and I don't regret it, as it made the condition much more manageable.

It is still funny to me that for a serious runner the real issue is never doing too little its always too much, whether you are talking about mileage or effort or both. Maybe it is because here in the US we are populated by so many sedentary couch dwellers. I have been fortunate to surround myself with active people for most of my life.

Moderation always comes back as a the universal truth. More accurately, in distance training it seems to me that using progressive moderation is a wobbly spiral upward including periodization, helping the athlete to reach higher and higher goals. If you were to draw the function curve you would need some calculus factoring in age, brain, and ability.

Summary:

Eat: Went quite a while without food through the morning

Sleep: Went to bed around 1 after a mid-evening nap

Run: Ran on the roads from PHS, 4 mile loop

Time: NT

Feelings: Legs felt great, back felt very tight and it hurt to breath in deeply

Variables: Back pain manageable. Certainly not bad enough to stop running.