The Next Step

DC:  It was pouring rain this morning so stayed inside on the hotel TM.  Problem was that everyone else had the same idea and I had to wait for a TM so that cut my run shorter than I liked.  I wanted to test my legs some today and run faster.  I did kind of a progression run and ended up running some at MP and then progressing to tempo pace.  The last couple of miles were 6:45 and 6:30 so it was a good shakeout for the legs after just running easy since the marathon.  I felt pretty good today and didn't seem like I was pushing too hard for that pace.  I thought that I might be able to get a second run today but had a dinner meeting and didn't have time.  I hope to get a longer run in tomorrow.

43:50 (7:19 avg)

DC:  I was warm this morning around 70 and felt humid.  I found a good trail down by National Harbor that ran along the Potomac and then over to the Woodrow Wilson bridge.  I ran acoss the bridge and had some great views of Old Town and DC.  I felt good today and ran easy but had some pain in my right hip.  A couple of times it got pretty bad.  I am not sure if that is left over from the marathon or could be from all the standing that I have been doing at this conference.  I will have to see how it is tomorrow to decide how much to run. 

1:22:45 (7:52 avg)

DC:  After running yesterday my hip was hurting all day since I had to be on my feet all day at a conference. It felt a little better last night when I was finally able to rest it so I was not sure how it would be this morning.  It felt better when I woke up and I thought I would give it a try to see if running made it feel better.  I started off super easy and the hip was bothering me but then it seemed to get better.  I ran easy for about a mile and then it started hurting again.  Then after about another 1/2 mile it hurt worse and I decided to stop and not make it any worse.  I am not sure what is causing the problem.  I have been standing all day at this conference which I am not used to and it could be something that resulted from the marathon but is just now showing up.  Anyway, I am going to rest it some and see how it responds.  It did feel better today than yesterday at the conference so maybe it won't be something bad.

I traveled back from DC last night and waited to run until after work to see how my hip was feeling.  It felt good all day so I thought I would try it again and see how it felt.  I started off easy and felt good.  I picked it up and was running about 7:20 pace for 4 miles and then the hip started hurting again.  I hurt the rest of the way back. It wasn't as bad as before but enough that I shouldn't be running on it. I am signed up for a half marathon on Sat.  I was planning on running it like a workout but now I think it is best to take a few days off and get this healed up properly before I make it worse.  I am going to take the rest of the week off and then see how I feel on Monday.