It was a good run yesterday with my friend Neill (@BigBigGeek). I do enjoy running with other people rather than the lonely road by myself in my neighborhood. It can really get monotonous running by yourself all the time, so when TJ and I can run together or I meet Neill to run, it is usually a much easier and more fun run for me.
Neill and I met at the mountain lake to run the trail, which is always fun. Not only is is different running trail runs, but we also have a lot in common to talk about.
I got to the parking lot about 15 minutes early and it was pouring. I wanted to warm up a bit so that my achilles and hip wouldn’t bug my on the trail, so I ran about half a mile around the area before Neill pulled up. After we got ready to head out for our run, we decided that the trail may be a bit too muddy and slick to run and so we ran the road instead.
We did about 3.2 miles together and I did about a half a mile, so I was close to 3.75 miles for the day.
All that to say, I am still hurting a bit. My left hip is still giving me problems from when I tripped over a sidewalk crack last week. I am hoping that my reduced mileage this week will help calm it down and I am stretching it a bit. I guess I should be putting ice on it also.
I admit that I am concerned that with my marathon being less than 10 weeks away I feel this banged up. There isn’t much I can do, but take it easy and stay off the sidewalks!!!
Anyway, thanks Neill for the great run. Always a pleasure.
I may take today off and hope that tomorrow things feel better.
Sigh.
Sometimes a day of rest and a little ice can make a huge difference. Hope you bounce back soon!
Thanks!
Hang in there. 10 weeks is still a fair time to be able to recover.
True. It is hard to work so hard and then “run into a wall”. I hope I just need rest and next week will be awesome.
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