Sick and Hurt

I have had a lot of downtime in the last week or so.

I was pretty close to deathly ill (Jessi calls it the man-flu, but I think I was honestly sick this time) last weekend.  I couldn't eat and literally spent the entire day in bed.  Then I took Monday off to recover from my day of laying around.  I was still queazy Tuesday so I decided not to do anything.  Wednesday is my down day because Jessi has school so I can't really justify leaving work for an hour to work out when I am also going to leave early to pick up D.  So Thursday came around and I finally felt ready to start it up again.

I went to the gym to do crossfit with a buddy of mine.  I got two pullups in and I felt something go wrong in my upper-back/neck area.  I finished the workout without the pullups and could barely turn my neck by the end of the day.  I tried for days to make an appointment with the chiropractor, but I wasn't able to get in until the following Tuesday.  I don't go to a standard chiropractor.  I see a lady who does Directional Non-Force Technique DNFT.  This is a technique that doesn't involve cracking the back.  It is muscle manipulation that allows your back to come to its normal resting position.  And it is the closest thing to a medical miracle that I have ever experienced.  I have a follow on appointment next Tuesday and I still have a little pain, but my range of motion is just about back to full and the pain is easily controlled with an ibuprofen.

At any rate.  I am heading back into crossfit for tomorrow.  I am going to focus mainly on leg exercises for a little while, until I don't have any pain in my neck.

I still love running.  It is definitely one of my favorite exercises.  But I am totally enjoying my break and working on some strength training in the form of crossfit.  I am hoping that increased muscle will help me to speed up my game a little bit.  I would like to run my next mile and a half in less than 12 minutes.  We will see if this does the trick!