Breaking through the wall

Every runner talks about hitting "the Wall." It is simply your mind being a pansy and telling your body that you are done. If you keep going you realize you can do a lot more than you thought possible.

Yesterday may back started hurting again, and I decided I just need to get out of the house and get some exercise. So I went to the gym and did several back exercises. It seemed to be helping. So I got on the treadmill and started running. I think with every step my back got worse and worse. As an experienced runner I knew that I was just hitting a "wall" and if I kept going it would be alright.

Apparently "the Wall" does serve a purpose. By the time I hit my first mile I was barely able to move any more. I was barely able to change out of my gym close. I'm glad I didn't cry in the locker room, it would have been embarrassing.

The day didn't get any better either. I went grocery shopping and dropped a glass bottle of BBQ sauce and a bottle of 7-up. Made a huge mess on my clothes and the magazine rack at the grocery store. So I came home to wash my clothes and found out the the washing machine wasn't working. I had to climb under the sink with my bad back to try to hook up the washer again.

My back is feeling a little better today. I think that has something to do with the Advil. I hope it gets completely better so that I can get back to working out. I had the goal to be bench-pressing my body weight as part of my work-out, before we go back to the states this summer. But with my back problems I think I'll be lucky if my body weight is my max. That and the fact that I've gained 10 kilograms since I started working towards this goal. A little discouraging all in all. Right now I am benching 80 kilos 5x5. I hope to make it to 90 before we leave in about 6 weeks.

Ran: 1.6 Km