Bring it on.  Even though Fridays planned workout was super short, I had to work incredibly hard to even lift the weights  over my head and do the exercise.  We were finished with the workout in a little over 10 minutes.  We ran for a mile afterwards and then added on some sit-ups at the end.  We were there for about 35 minutes total.  The workout went as follows:

20 Dumbbell Snatches
Nat: 17.5lbs Dave: 35lbs
20 Push Ups
15 Dumbbell Snatches
Nat: 17.5lbs Dave: 30lbs
15 Push Ups
10 Dumbbell Snatches
Nat: 17.5lbs Dave: 35lbs
10 Push Ups
5 Dumbbell Snatches
Nat: 25lbs Dave: 40lbs
5 Push Ups

1 mile run @ 6.0-6.5 (10 minutes)

I love sweating. For some reason the more sweaty I am the better I feel. (only in regards to working out). I hate sweating any other time.

As we were streching I told Dave i'd really like to start running. I told him that i'd love doing some races to help us get stronger, faster, and in better overall shape. He has never been interested in doing any races, but this time he didn't object, so I continued. I asked him if he'd want to train to run a 1/2 marathon or something close to it…without hesitating he said yes.  YAY!!  This makes me really happy.  If my back can handle it, I would love to do this.

Good news, my back hasn't hurt that past two days we've ran. We have only ran a few miles though, but usually even a mile or two will cause it to act up.  I'm not really sure why my lower back hurts when I run but it does.  Someone recommended that I strengthen my core so I am going to really work on that and see if I see any improvements. I know a lot of you are runners, can you offer any advice?  I'd love to start training but I think I need to prepare my body to do this and figuring out how to make my lower back not hurt is KEY!  Please please please….any suggestions??

QA:
-What are some good core exercises for strengthening  your core for running?
-Did you or do you have lower back pain from running, and how did/do you solve it?
-Any other suggestions? ANY AT ALL??

Related posts:

1. Day 16 Crossfit ( I just made this collage for my desktop...
2. Day 4 Crossfit (and the weekend) Saturdays workout was the hardest by far. I felt like...
3. Day 6 Crossfit FINALLY a day that was not as hard as all...
4. Day 11 Crossfit Good Morning!  I want to thank all of you...
5. Day 8 Crossfit Dave called me from work and told me he was...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.