Run Dolly Run: I hurt myself on my day off.

I decided to take a rest day on Monday (two days ago). Earlier this year, my husband began revamping our garage by turning it into a mini gym. We moved our treadmill and chin up/bar dip station into the garage, and we also purchased an Olympic bar and some weights.

Sometimes when I'm in the mood, I will knock out a few chin ups or do some bicep curls. I'm not talking about an actual workout, just when I feel like screwing around in the garage for a moment.

Well, I had a burst of inspiration (and stupidity) on Monday morning. I decided to do some deadlifts without properly warming up... The first set was okay. During the 2nd set. I must have rounded my back (or arched it) but, I felt my back seize. I put the weight down immediately. I'm pretty sure it's just a muscle strain, but the lower right side of my back near the base of my spine is sore.... Great.....

I knew that I was ready for a rest day, I had been on a two week plus streak, and I had a killer tempo run on Sunday....

I can run, but getting up from a sitting position to a standing one hurts, and so does bending forward. I'm going to give my back a chance to feel normal before I start running again. This muscle strain could have been so much worse, and I feel like a total dumbass for being so careless. I have rested for two days and my back does feel slightly better each day. I'm going to take another two days off...

It's midterm week, so I have two papers to write. It's also blazing hot... Last week I was able to go to Lake Las Vegas, and run some trails because the morning temps were in the 70's, now we are looking at mid-morning temperatures in the 90's and daytime highs in the 100's . The heat is here, and so is treadmill season (boo!)