My Tail Hurts....

OK, so in my last post I said about wanting to run often. However since then, I had yet to go for another run.

Why? Cos during my previous run, I felt a sharp pain at my tail bone (wait, there must be a proper term to describe that segment of the spine, let me check.... ah, coccyx). The pain persisted into the next day and at its' worst, it hurts whenever I stood, sat and even when I sneezed.

So went to see the doc, who diagnosed that there might be a crack at the coccyx which was caused by the fall I sustained (landed on my bottom) while inline skating a couple of weeks ago. The doc prescribed some painkiller and advised rest, which means I shouldn't be running; other exercise are still ok, but "if it hurts. Stop."

Running certainly hurts, even if it means chasing after a bus 100m away. It aggravated the pain, so that means I didn't run for the past week. Just as a precaution, I didn't join my kakis for the weekly skating session over the weekend (in case I fall again).

OK, the pain is still around, though it's much subsided now. The positives I am getting out of this episode is that I now sit (and can only sit) with a proper sitting posture. It also make me realized how much strain and stress was placed on the coccyx whenever I stand or sit or in motion. But for now, with the weekend approaching, I only wish the pain will go away.

Once In A Blue Moon

OK, I had just gone for a run for a first time in quite a while (couple of weeks I guess...). All I can say is:

WEAK!!!!!

There used to be a time where I ran frequently. Even when I was in Basel, it's up and down the Rhein river (just behind the apartment where I stayed) 3 times a week. Now, for whatever reason, running had become something that I do once in a blue moon.

Of cos, I had been jogging with good buddy TH twice a week, but even that is a bit on and off. Also, it is just jogging; not quite the same as hard running.

There is really a need for me to run. Beside keeping me fit and healthy, there is the very pragmatic reason of getting in shape to pass IPPT. Talking about getting in shape, although round is a shape (yes, I had piled up quite some weight for the past year), I prefer to be in another shape that has more definition; so yes, that's another reason I very much need to run.

However, on top of it all, running is a very good and effective mood regulator. So running makes me happy, keeps my morale high and prevent depression from taking over (nope , I am not depression...). After all, sound body, sound mind right? So even if I don't become as fit as I like, I don't do well for my IPPT, or even I don't lost that much weight through running, I would still be running.

Of cos, now is the part where I would be saying something like "it's time to start running" or " I should have more discipline and less excuse", but talk it cheap, word is cheap. Thus, I would not say anything now. Only when I start running regularly again will I write about it.