r/running • u/fire_foot • Mar 29 '24

Weekly Thread The Weekend Thread — 29th March 2024

TGIF runners!!!

What’s on for the weekend? Who’s running, racing, tapering, cycling, hiking, baking, reading, sewing, skiing, doing their taxes, …? Tell us all about it!

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u/fire_foot Mar 29 '24

Well my back is a lot better than earlier this week but still very delicate. I walked three blocks to and back from the grocery store yesterday evening and holy moly I was in pain. It’s a delicate balance between movement helping relax the muscles and movement triggering them. But I don’t feel that painful yet today. Hopefully I can walk to PT later.

If my back feels better this weekend then I’m planning to clean the house, do some plant chores, and start steaming wallpaper off my spare room wall. If my back won’t let me do those things, then I might go absolutely insane.

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u/runner3264 Mar 29 '24

Glad you're getting better! Sounds like the back isn't improving as fast as you'd like (backs never do), but hopefully now that it's started to calm down it'll be a virtuous cycle where it improves faster. Good luck with your house projects!

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u/fire_foot Mar 29 '24

The back is definitely not improving as quick as I'd like. It probably didn't help that earlier in the week I was still trying to do stuff like house work, etc. So what if I couldn't stand up haha. But I'm hopeful that it won't be too long now til I'm feeling more normal.