Happy Friday runners!!

What’s good this weekend? Who’s turkey trotting, recovering from their holiday feast, buying Black Friday runner deals, wondering what all these Americans are on about, …? Tell us all about it!

  • bitemark01@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’ve been trying to up my weekly mileage again, and after Wednesday’s 10km run (and weights before) I hurt my lower back. It’s been an on/off problem since I was 18, and I thought it was going to kill me for the rest of the week, but it feels almost completely normal today!

    I keep talking myself into/out of doing 10k again today, whether I should let it rest or go for a shorter run, but I guess we’ll see once I’m out there

    • fire_foot@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Ugh sorry about the lower back but glad it’s already feeling better. That’s such a tricky area! Do you do PT it anything for it?

      • bitemark01@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Actually one of the best things I’ve found for it is running :) plus before a run there’s a few stretches I do specifically for it.

        I ended up doing 6k and it was fine :) I think the problem was upping my mileage while also starting to squat with weights again. I think I need to have my mileage established before I do that

        • fire_foot@alien.topOPBEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Ah that’s great you have some tips and tricks. Years ago I hurt my lower back so badly but running was fine and after a run I had more mobility, so I definitely hear you! But I’ve also hurt my back in a different way where running (or being very upright at all) was not an option 🫠

          Yay for getting out there!

          • bitemark01@alien.topBEnglish
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            11 months ago

            Oh I hear you, when I trained for my first marathon, I missed a bunch of days/weeks because of ankle tendon issues. When I got those sorted, I was way behind on my training and over trained to the point of getting a disc bulge. It hurt so bad that I had to lay down immediately, in the driveway, but that didn’t stop the pain of course. My poor wife thought she was watching me have a heart attack despite being in my 30s.

            But that was years ago and I’m fine now, and can also run much further! Lessons learned etc