My lower back’s been hurting for over a month now… and a new pain hit my shoulder blades. I haven’t been running in 4 days. And I’m just exhausted.
I don’t know if it’s payback for the time and distances endured. I’m middle aged and have been dealing with the creep of being out of proverbial warranty for many a year.
But this feels different.
I just can’t seem to muster the strength to lace up and head out the door.
It’s… troubling.
I suppose there’s solace in the fact that the aches and pain in my back are chronic and don’t seem to worsen when I do go running — they’re just always there, a dull reminder of where I am on the space-time continuum.
We can’t outrun our pasts… and our futures rush toward us like a freight train.
Sigh.
