Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

6 miles tonight.  3 fast miles is comparatively only to the 3 very slow miles.  First training runwith Gina.  She got very excited after finishing her first road race at the Ogden Marathon Relay on Saturday.  Now she's already signed up for the Deseret News 10K and the Top of Utah Half-marathon.  I'm her "coach" and will be helping her to get there by running with her 3 to 4 times per week.  The timing couldn't be better.  The doctor wants me running modifiedworkouts.  Less intensity and less distance until the pain is totally gone.  It's been a lot better,but is still there.  The great news was I didn't feel too bad after the Ogden Marathon.  I ran very slow and conservatively.  Hit the wall bad by 19 miles and came through okay.  Regular muscle soreness rather than trouble from the injury, which was extremely encouraging.  Got my CT Scan results today.  They don't indicate much different than the MRI, but still is not totally conclusive as to whether I had a slight stress fracture.  It may just be the degenertive disks in my back that the chiroractor's earlier x-ray indicated.  I'll be taking it easy.  St. George may be another slower marathon, but I'd rather be running easy during my training than not running at all.