Super easy 4 miler

RUN 4 miles in 40 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4 miles

How I'm dealing with my back came to the surface in this morning's run. It's all I thought about! I had only a mild pain in the right ribs (didn't mention this yesterday, but the rib pain is the symptom of the muscles buttressing the spine). I'd call it a 2 on the pain scale? It's there, but not bad. My pain scale is so messed up.

I kept it as easy as possible, no pick ups, curb jumps, leaps or bounds. Just soft foot falls. Not a bad idea anyway for my rest week.

My bike commute was OK, aside from the fact that I obsessed over every bump. No pains. Walking the dog, however, I can see where that could cause problems if she pulls to hard or if I snap the line to stop her. Wonder if that's a source of the problem?

And no pains in my body-weight or 5lb dumb bell strength routine this morning. That hasn't been hurting the past few days.

Part of what I'm processing is the transition from seeing my injury as a muscle pull to seeing it for what it is. I've been treating it gently, but not I'm concerned with Dr M referred to as jarring hits.

I'm going to start my pain log that Dr M asked for, detailed over the next 2 weeks. And I'll pull info from this blog. BE HONEST!!

I think I'm still in denial. I sent an email out to my Hive and others who have asked, and the most common response is "well it's good to have an answer". I'm not sure how to take that. But what did I expect anyone to say? Why am I surprised to keep hearing that? I mean, what else would they say?