Still here, still running

 Oops, I didn't write at all in April.  That was not on purpose!  Anyway, I have not stopped doing all the things, in fact, I upped my running in April.  

The last few weeks I've had some back pain that just won't go away.  It feels muscular, not spinal, but I went to the dr last week anyway because it got worse.  I even quit all activity for 8 days but it actually felt worse.  Anyway, the dr didn't think there was anything wrong, other than overuse, upping mileage, running hills, and increasing my weights for weighted pilates. I've been doing some stretches and she said she thought it would be fine to exercise, just listen to my body.  

Just now I was looking at mapmyrun and noticed that I ran 45 miles in April.  That's not a lot when looking at my past mileage, but for the last few years I've really struggled with motivation to go run, so I looked back at my monthly mileage to see the last time I ran that much.  January 2023 is the last time I ran 45 miles in a month.  Plus, I have added hills back the last few months.  It makes sense that my body is rebelling.  

Anyway, I started running again this weekend, and did yoga for the first time this morning.  Yoga really bothered my back, but it's probably what I need most. 

Sunday I decided to brave crossing a highway.  It's a 2 lane highway, and is fairly busy, but they put a crosswalk on it a few blocks away and down from the street I live on, however, I didn't use the crosswalk, but it being there made me think I could cross.  It was a beautiful run, it basically went out of town into farming country, but was still only 3 miles.  I could make it longer, but 3 miles was perfect this weekend.  I will definitely be doing it regularly now. I even found a cemetery, and I love cemeteries.