Today I have had to make the difficult decision to stop running - at least for the foreseeable future. You may have read in an earlier post that I had an op in December 2019 to rectify a bulging disc in my lower back - well it looks like it has re-bulged and I just daren’t take the risk to continue running despite wanting to.
I’ll be discussing it with my neurosurgeon in November via phone consultation but am not hopeful that I’ll get the go-ahead to start running again.
When I do eventually get the all clear I guess I’ll just graduate for a second time.
Sorry to hear this , you were doing so well and achieving both good distance and very good pace . Your runs always sounded so strong ( I’m just a plodding jogger , you were running 😂👌)
You will return to it and you’ll know you can do it 👌
Hey RacingintheStreet. I was not quite a runner but your comments were always supportive in getting me this far. Just hope it won’t be years before I’m back to where I was just last week.
So sorry to hear that, how frustrating for you, and you were doing so well 🏃♂️but you’re doing absolutely the right thing in stopping...for now anyway 😊
Hope you will end up with a long term solution 🤞
At least you know you can do it so you’ll be psychologically ahead of the game when you come back 💪
Very best wishes and keep us updated if you feel you can 🙏 😊
A friend was in the same position as you just before lockdown.. her story might give you hope.. During lockdown she has worked with a personal trainer doing core strengthening exercise, particularly weights, and also Pilates. She has lost the weight she gained over months of pain and inactivity, her back pain has gone and she is back to her passion of gardening for many hours a day.. I know everyone is different, but I hope you can find something similar that works for you and gets you back to full activity.. good luck..🤗
Ohhhh, that's such bad news , perhaps your consultant will have an answer , again. Platitudes, I know but I'm a plodder , but I feel now I would miss it if I couldn't. Best wishes to you ❤
Ouch... get all the information about all the options (not all running is equal), and remember there are risks with *not* running too.... so if the answer is no, some follow-up questions about how you are going to look after your fitness safely are to be asked.
(Specialists tend to be specialists... I remember being referred to rheumatology by gastro-enterology, primarily because the therapy for the joint issues might mess with the gastro's preferred organs)
Thanks- hopefully it will be months rather than years!
Hi
How about cyclng, if it doesn't aggravate your back problems?
No impact at all and very little upper body movement.
I've met many cyclists who used to be runners till their knees and sometimes hips gave way.
All the best!
Alps
I cycle a bit - I refer to myself as a bikler rather than a cyclist - I have an ebike and avoid steep hills (not easy when I live by the two highest public roads in England!), but yeah, I should bikle more! Thanks for prompting me!
Regardless of giving up running for now it sounds as though you’re having a rough time of it as back pain affects pretty much everything you do 😔
I hope you get some answers in November which allow you to keep exercising with the hope of getting back to running in the future.
I agree with a previous post that at if you’ve done the programme once, you know you can do it again. I know that’s probably not much of a positive right now but at least it’s something to hang on to 😊
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Short breaks in runs. 
Running career over? 
Running Shorts/Leggings
W10CR1 - easy / short consolidation run 
Long runs v short brusts
