[S]he Conquers Who Endures

30 mins easy with 4x100m strides; 2.7 mi at 9:12 min/mi AP then stride paces were: 6:21, 6:00, 5:59, 5:48 min/mi. 3.24 mi total in 31:32. My quad felt better as the run went on. I was scared to do strides, but the last stride felt somewhat normal. I did feel like I lost some aerobic base though. Hopped on the bike for 15 mins and focused on maintained 90 cadence. Then did minor hip strengthening work and core. Biking felt 100% good and my quad felt the most normal yet after!

30:11 running for 3.23 mi at 9:20 min/mi pace then 15 mins biking @ 125 bpm avg hr. I didn't know if I should shut the run down early my quad was feeling pretty tight. I kept going thinking the quad would loosen up - it did and felt fine on the bike

90 mins of bikram.

45 mins on the bike @ 127 bpm avg hr. My quad hurt too bad to run. Worried something is seriously wrong. Bike felt fine. Saw ortho today. He couldn't rule out a stress fracture in the femur until I get an MRI. x-rays were fine, he thinks it's muscular so we just have to see if the pain goes away before the MRI.

40 mins on the bike @ 125 bpm avg hr. Saw PT today, she's beginning to think all the problems I've been having with my hips is stemming from a weak core. My left psoas was extremely tight and she tried to release it, then showed me lower ab stability/strengthening exercises. She said my hips are rotated because I'm not activating my core which makes one leg longer than the other.

5 mins walking warm up then 7x[4 min run @ 6.5 mph, 1 min walk] @ 1% incline then 20 mins walking at 8% incline and 3.5 mph. 142 bpm avg hr. This felt pretty good!