This post I have brought over from my old blog, for historical reasons.
I still have two articles about races I ran last year … and you’ll note I haven’t written any new comments.
That’s because last year, on July 3 (2006), I seriously injured my back. I nearly burst a disc – it was impinging on my L4/L5 nerve, right side. Surgery wasn’t required but the surgeon really wanted to operate, especially since my distension was towards the hip side and not towards the back like most people. I opted NOT to have surgery, but instead completed three months of physical therapy.
I have been slowly crawling back to running. I’ve had to start all over again, from the beginning. So in essence, I went, in one weekend, from running 18 miles, to crawling 18 feet to the bathroom. I’m only now hitting the two mile mark. I’ve run only one race this season, a 5K, which was the Flying Pig 5K in Cincinnati. I’m due to run one this weekend, but I’m going to take it slow.
This means my marathon plans are on slow buildup for next year. I’m still planning to run the Air Force Marathon as my first, but I have more than a year of training to get ready and build a solid base of core mileage.
As I progress, I’ll keep the running blog updated.
