Bret

AM - 4.75 miles with Dan in his neck of the woods.   Cool and rainy.   Hamstring very sore.  

PM - 3 miles on the treadmills and then 2000 meters on the indoor rowing machine. 

AM - 4.25 miles with the guys and 2 of the 3 dogs on the trails before sunrise.  Hamstring quite tight and painful to start - got somewhat better after warmed up a bit - but still limiting.  

AM - 10 miles on the Peloton - attempted to do a workout with Dan and Greg at the same time, but I could not find the session that they had choosen.   Anyway, it was a decent workout to warm up the hamstring a bit; so I did 3 miles on the treadmill thereafter.  

AM - tried to run this morning with Dan - really struggling with the hamstring issue - 3.5 miles of mostly slow and at time kinda uncomfortable running.  

AM - 4.25 miles with Dan and the dogs - quite cool in the upper 20's.   Have a physical therapy appointment for later today for the hamstring. 

As expected - the diagnosis is a high or proximal hamstring tendinopathy - I was given a number of strengthening exercises and told that I could continue to run as tolerated but to try to keep the activity pain level to no more than a 4 out of 10.  

AM - a little over 5 miles with Dan, Greg and the dogs from the Starbucks parking lot.  Nice Christmas eve morning run right around freezing temps.  The hamstring felt remarkably improved in just 24 hours from when I began the 5 or so strenthening exercises.   Still challenging to move uphill with normal ease, but the flats were much easier and far less painful on the hamstring.   

PM - 4.25 miles with Dan and Finn on Wood road during a brief break in the afternoon.   Merry Christmas!