Virginia Beach, VA: I got out early in the morning and it was a very nice day for running with temps in the low 50's. After yesterday's problem with the hip I wanted to give it one more try to see if the stretching improved it. I started off easy and felt good. I didn't have any problems in the hip. I was running around 7:40 pace for the first couple of miles. After 2 miles the hip started to tighten up and then about a half mile later started to hurt. I eased up but that didn't seem to help. It hurt the rest of the way back and pretty much confirmed that this is worse than I thought. I was really hoping to be able to work my way through this but I am afraid that I am going to figure out what is wrong and then start rehabing it to get better. It was a very discouraging run this morning. I have been very fortunate to be running injury free for several years so it is tough to come to the realization that I am going to have to take some extended time off and get this fixed. I need to take the long term view and realize that a couple of weeks now might pay off by the fall instead of trying to work through it and make things worse. I have a friend that might be able to help figure out what is wrong and then hopefully a plan to get better.
| 