Tough Call

I made a tough choice this morning. Nothing that bad, not like retiring or anything. I just decided to not go running.

The last few weeks have been really pretty frustrating with my back. Always being sore, always being mindful of it, not being able to run etc. Knowing what I need to be doing in order to race well at Busselton, but simply not being able to do it. Driving me barmy.

This morning was another of those mornings. I woke up knowing that I would be able to run a bit, but not what was on the program. I knew that running would involve starting off sore and getting progressively more sore until I got to the point where I figured I should stop and then a day of wondering if I had made it worse. So in the end I decided not to.

I am at the point where I just want this injury to go away. I am so sick of it, I really really miss being able to run (never thought I would say that). I am sick of thinking about my back, how is it feeling right now. How about now. Now....

It seems that every day that I rest it (by not running) it gets a bit better and then I do a 'sort of' running session and it puts me back a day. Two days forward, one day back. This has been going on for the last week and a bit.

The back is so close to being right. I am pain free most of the time. The physio is telling me that it is feeling pretty good. Everything is pointing in the direction of recovery, except for that small bit where I can run without it hurting. Only a minor point.

So today I made the call. Not today. Today I am resting it a bit more. I am hoping that by resting a bit more today I have gained another day of recovery. Maybe by Thursday, it won't hurt. Sacrifice a day or poor training in the hope of gaining a few weeks of decent training.

That is the hope.