I, I, I Work[ed] Out!

(in a sing-song voice)  I'm baacck!

Considering my last post was in late January and it is now one week into April, one could say I've been on a blogging hiatus. While that's true, yes, I've also just been really busy!

As mentioned before (see "The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Marathon) I hurt my back last October while running my first marathon.

I had a 4-mile race shortly after and did no more running until the day after Christmas- I just had to check out my new Garmin GPS Running Watch! Both experiences were not very good so I decided that the best thing for my back was to take a break from running. From past jobs at a physical therapy clinic, I knew back injuries were serious and I didn't want to do anything that could permanently stop me from running.

My plan was to take a full month off from running. Well, I did. And then I took some more.

My back was still bothering me and time just really wasn't my friend for the next few months so I continued to take time off from not only running, but all exercise as well.

In late February, I went to see a chiropractor and felt much better! I wasn't too sure about seeing one at first, but once I did, I realized why everyone goes to one! It was a wonderful experience!

I started doing some sporadic exercising in March- a 1-mile run here, yoga there, but nothing consistent like I needed to be doing.

That all changed this week.

I worked out 5 out of 7 days this week!  Before the marathon, I was working out 6 of 7 days, so I'm still not back to where I was, but it's definitely a start!   Either way, this is a big accomplishment for me!

I'm coming back, baby!