My endorphins lasted all day

After last weekend and my miserable run in Raymond, and nursing a knee problem that I felt would never go away, I was on the fence about running this Saturday until I got up that morning. My rule was that if I got through Friday and to Saturday morning without pain, I'd run until I felt pain and then stop. Well, I didn't feel any pain, so I did it. I had a much better time than last week, more enjoyable, encouraging, pleasant all around. For the rest of the day Saturday, I was just bouncing off the walls. I came home and showered, iced my knee, then went to lunch with friends and shopping. Had a great time and was literally high on life. I had been so worried about not being where I needed to be with training and not being able to get there due to the knee, but Saturday reaffirmed for me the whole "run your own race" thing. I'd been trying to keep up with others, and was killing myself in the process. I met a new running buddy due to running my own race, shout out to Heather, and really enjoyed the whole run.

I actually got on the spinner bike yesterday for a great 30 minute ride, got in 11 miles there, and was all psyched up to run this morning. Well, I was awakened in the wee hours by an excruciatingly sharp pain in my lower back (I believe my sciatic nerve was very angry). I couldn't even walk to the bathroom without extreme pain. Took some advil, didn't run this morning, but it's gone now. I have no idea what caused it, or what made it go away. I'm aiming to get on the treadmill this afternoon to see what I can do, but that was very freaky. For someone with a high pain threshold, that scared me. I sure hope it's gone for good. I refuse to lose this running high, now that I'm feeling better, so maybe the chiro can yank me back out. I'm just glad it's gone.