Day one ~ ughhh!

So for the past three weeks I have been dealing with back pain.  Some days it's bad, some days it's really bad, and some days I just don't want to move.  Today wasn't a bad day, but lately I feel the pain constantly.  So I scrapped my old training schedule that had increased my miles by almost 50% and restarted again today with the Hal Higdon Intermediate program.  It seems much more doable and I hopefully won't do more damage to my body.  Today I completed 3 miles and walked another mile along with the strength training part of the program.  I feel pretty good right now, we will just have to see how I feel in the morning.  I took a week off to give my back and feet some time to repair, (I ended up with two black toes) and usually when I get back to running I can't wait.  I feel great and always seem to over do it the first time out.  Today was different, I felt every step of those 3 miles and instead of telling myself I was almost done at 2 miles, I was counting the minutes.  I took my walk breaks and enjoyed everyone of them!  But I did get my workout done and we will see how I feel in the morning!  Day one done!