Official declaration and promise to myself: Other than track (and specifically sprint events of 400m or less, no hurdles, no vaulting) Im officially giving up all other sports until after the National Senior Games in June 2015. I had already given up volleyball. And after strengthening my core through track training, gaining more than 25lbs of lean muscle mass since June 2012, and not having any lower back pain for over two years, I aggravated a preexisting thin lumbar disc condition on Friday. Playing pickleball again. The spasms were so bad I wasnt sure I could drive home and I couldnt lift my left foot off the ground. Yes, I was playing with a cast on my left hand. Shut up. I wasnt playing with the usual reckless abandon. I wasnt diving or sliding. In fact, I would have been BETTER OFF diving for one particular ball. Instead, I bent at the waist. Awkwardly and severely. It torqued my lumbar spine and Ive spent the weekend in a hydrocodone and cyclobenzaprine induced haze. (Norco and Flexeril, right Ayesha?) Meanwhile, my wonderful and patient Shari Kolding spent her weekend doing things like taking out my trash, tying my shoes, driving me to the store, and watching me fall asleep sitting up in a chair. So yeah. No more. Im done with everything but sprinting until June 2015.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:19:30 +0000
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