Setback

I dropped a dime, looked at it and let it go, didn't want to dirty my hands picking things up from the carpet, not a concious decision -maybe was just too lazy to bend....approx 2 hrs later, at exactly the same spot, dropped my cell phone - bent to pick it up and regretted it - felt something in my back, got up, the pain was excruciating, unbearable....

Was at the workplace waiting on somebody to respond to a message, the pain was unbearable, couldn't sit, kept standing, took a pain killer, wrapped up ice in a paper towel and put it on my back inside the jeans...finally decided to go home - took 3 more ibuprofen, put ice packs...didn't help too much....by the evening was slightly better...have taken 2 more pain killers and am lying on the bed with the laptop...

My thoughts as I was driving home...I was a little sad and realised how people feel when they have been preparing hard and cant run the marathon due to some injury...but i overcame that within a couple of mins - ha, wasn't my dream - and i'll have all the fun without putting in all the effort, will go with NB to SF and cheer her on :)

I have had a lower back disc problem since 2 years and doctors have advised against running due to it being high impact..was thinking about this a couple of weeks back about how my back no longer hurt when I climbed hills the way it did earlier - thought that maybe it was getting stronger...but I think I ripped something today - muscle tear or something - I don't know how much time it will take to get better....even if it is a couple of weeks, i'll miss the long run...at this time I am thinking that I will attempt the marathon even if I have to drop out in the middle but i dont know how things will be tomorrow - better or worse...let's see