Back Issue

And I wasn't even trying to be corny.

You don't undo years of stretch neglect in a week, so I shouldn't expect that the discomfort in my lower back/hip area will obey my orders to go away immediately. The area of discomfort - the triangle area from the hips to the coccyx - has been habitually nagging at me over the past few days. Rest is a good suggestion, but strangely enough, it is the lying down and resting of the back that makes it tighten up. Some mornings, no exaggeration, I walk like Quasimondo. And some days I think, "Oh yeah, the back's feeling better today, how about a run la-" and wham! Sharp tension in the afore-mentioned area.

It's frustrating because part of me wants to really get back to running regularly and properly. But in the meantime, I have to just wait for my back to take its time to do whatever it wants. And I'm concerned that I've had such an irregular running spell for quite a long time, if I have to take a long break now I might just find myself not bothering what my back sorts itself out. Before Autumn I wanted to keep running regularly so when I got to the warmer and lighter months I could build on that. Having arrived at where I want to, I have to do ... what?

Blah blah blah - my posts are boring especially when I don't run. I can't speak of the hills I felt proud to conquer, the low mins/mile ratio, the runners high. Only my thoughts of "is my mild scoliosis worse?", my thoughts of doing more cycling and less running in the long-term, my ambiguous running goals, and more meaningless stuff like that.

One stymate's birthday tomorrow - can you guess who?