Thanksgiving

I decided to run the Southport turkey trot which has become a little tradition of mine for the last 3 years or so. I get to see a lot of friends and burn some calories before having some thanksgiving dinner later in the day.

This race only comes four days after my half marathon in philly so I wasn't sure what I was capable of but I felt good so I decided that my goal would be to try to run sub 7:00 min./mile pace. I finished in 34:xx which is 6:5x pace....very happy with the result.

I ate way too much later in the day but had a great visit with family.

Spent Friday with friends and Sue and got a swim workout in with a friend who is also training for IMFL after a long hiatus from triathlon. Went for a bit of a hike afterwards then ate way too much again.....bad trend continuing here.

Saturday morning started out with a bang....literally. I was going down my parents wood stairs in my bare socks and went ass backwards hard on mid back and tailbone. I landed so hard, it took the wind out of me. I heard a loud crack and thought I broke my back. I managed to get my breath back and get up. Then I did a stupid thing and decided to play soccer in my annual high school alumni soccer game. I had been looking forward to this because it is the one time a year that I play soccer and get to see some old friends. It wasn't the best thing to do after my fall in the morning.

Today, I am really feeling every ache and pain in my body like I got run over by a bus. I got a nice case of whiplash too. I rested and iced all day and Sue worked on my back which really helped. The pain shifts from my tailbone to my mid back to my neck.

I will probably get an xray tomorrow to make sure I didn't fracture a vertebrae.

Those darn stairs :-)

A few days off will do me good and back home to get back into my food routine. I see my nutritionist on Friday and he is not going to be too happy as I took a few steps backwards this weekend.