Ouch !

Things were rolling along. Other than sore knees (which I expected) I have run a bunch of  miles since November relativly pain free.

This morning I was doing some yard work and I felt a sharp pain in my lower back. I knew right away that it wasn't good and right now it's pretty painful. I know Marian knew it hurt based on the long string of obscenities that come from my mouth. I have taken some Aleve and I am sitting with a heating pad on my back. I guess I'll just have to wait and see how I feel in the morning. I'll also pay a visit to the chiropractor tomorrow after work.

Last week I obsesed about miles all week. I cut my Monday run from 7 miles to 5.25 miles because I wanted something left in my legs when I played golf that afternoon. I guess it worked because I shot 80 at Stone Mountain.  I ended up making up that 1.75 miles throughout the week but it bugged me. I'm not sure how I would make up the miles if I had to miss a few days.

Total miles this week 36.1  that included a long run of 11 miles and a session of 6 X :45 hill repeats...that was fun in -1 degree wind chills.  Also did 2 light weight workouts, and 2 yoga classes.  The weather here in Atlanta has NOT been cooperating over the last few weeks. It has been raining a lot and we are having a VERY cold winter so far. At least we haven't had any snow!

I weighed in at 179.4 down a little over 1.6 lbs since last week and 7.6 lbs since I started training or Boston.

Fundraising is going strong at  $3,292 and 66%  of my goal. Thank you for all of your support. Here is the link to my fundraising page. http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/eddibuck/boston-marathon