On Monday I zinged my back while doing a plank. I am not good at planks because my core is made of vanilla pudding, but I’m working on that; unfortunately, in trying to make sure my back was straight I did something to it even though I stopped right away. I felt it a little bit when I got up Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and running on Thursday night. On Friday night I went to a yoga class, took it really easy and felt really good afterward.
Fast forward to today when I ended up cutting my long run short because of a steady, not sharp but fairly even pain throughout my run. I don’t have a history of back problems, although I vaguely remember having a little lower back pain during my longest runs in half training last year. But this kicked in right at about mile 2 and that’s troubling.
Now I have my heating pad on (I LOVE my heating pad, another reason I’m a great 85-year-old) and I feel just dandy, but I would love you to give me advice on the following:
- What should I be doing for my back, right now and in future?
- If I see myself doing a plank I’ll do it correctly, but I still can’t feel the correct way. Maybe because I can’t tell where my pelvis is? (…Gentlemen.) You plankmasters out there, how do you maintain good form?
