Easy 3 miler today. Legs felt good considering the 16 mile long run on Saturday, but my lower back was killing me. It really started hurting early Sunday and has continued to ache today as well. Decided today to take 800mg Ibuprofen 3 times daily to see if that will knock out the pain over the next couple of days. The only things I can attribute this flare up to would be our stake pioneer day celebration where I helped prepare corn for the whole stake and much of the work involved lifting boxes of corn, etc. Not much of a relaxing day after an early monrning long run ehhh. Hopefully it is not a result of the long run but I guess the possibility exists since running can be hard on the lower back especially one like mine that has already gone through one surgery back in 1993 to repair a herniated disk. I will continue to stretch my back and take Ibuprofen over the next few days and see where we are. Maybe a new matress is in order too. Ours is really old! Run today was very slow and the weather was hot and wet with the monsoon seaon upon us.
Time: 8:48/mile | 