Training slowly restarts

Well it has been almost 4 weeks since I hurt my back and things are really looking and feeling good right now. My back is getting stronger but still a little sore. I decided that since I couldn't just sit around and do nothing every day that I would do some no-impact training, swimming. So I have been swimming almost every other day for the last 2 weeks. It really seems to help alot by stretching out my back muscles. Last Thursday I actually got on the eliptical machine for the first time and did it for 20 minutes and it felt really good. I have also been back on my bike a few times.

Slowly but surely I am getting back into the swing of things. I had my first complete skate practice this Wednesday and I could really tell that I have been off of the skate floor for a while. My legs were really feeling the pain and are still bothering me some right now. It is amazing to me how fast your muscles seem to get out of shape.

I have still not even thought about running again and don't know when I will. I might have to be a specatator at the marathon instead of a particpant. Only time will tell.

Til next time. I'm out.

There here, there here.....Finally !!!

Well I placed my order way back in June hoping to have them before Nationals, but that didn't happen. And just this week did they finally arrive. My new skates are here! They are so pretty. I took them for a test ride after work today and they are very nice, but they were killing my feet. I went to Cooper Creek Park and could only do 2 laps before I had to stop. Everything from my knees down was hurting me. My feet were going numb too. But I was loving every minute of it because I had my new skates. My back even felt better because my feet were hurting more than it was!

They are Pinnacle Racing custom boots with Lugino Pilot 110mm frames. Thanks Jimmy for doing a great job. Now if you could just get me my skinsuit!

More to come on breaking them in and seeing if I can actually go any faster.

The Inevitable happened - again

Well I knew it would happen some time because it does it at least once every year and it is totally out of the blue when it does. A muscle in my back just let go and I almost fell to the floor with pain. I was at skate practice on Oct 5th and was coming out of the first corner and attempted to stand up and there it went. Totally unexpected and unannounced. The only thing that stopped me from hitting the floor were my hands catching myself on my knees. I couldn't straighten up at all. Hell I could barely walk. So I just coasted back to where my things were and sat down. That was all she wrote. BAM. I the blink of your eye I was out, and no one knows for how long either. I thought that my back was pretty strong because of all of the training that I have been doing over the last 2 years. I really don't like running because I know that it is not very good on your body, but since I have decided to give this marathon a try, I have to train for it. I don't know if that is what caused my back to go out, but it is the only thing that I have changed in my training routine.

So I have laid off the training for the last week to let my back heal up. I have been taking alot of ibuprophren to help with the pain and healing process. I attempted to skate again today for the first time, and it went pretty good, but my back is still pretty sore and tight. So I guess that I still need lay off of the training for another week and see if it gets any better by then.

Hopefully I will be back real soon. See ya.