This week has been the product of low running morale, I'm sorry to say. After running on Monday, my hips were tight and a little sore on Tuesday - so I didn't go running that day. But then, on Wed and Thurs, it was easy to reason that I'll never be able to run without hip problems, so why do I even try?!?! I was quite bummed about my body this week. It's discouraging to have finally started really getting up in mileage and consistency and then to be slowed down for almost 2 months with a nagging tightness, tenderness that has not gone away even with physical therapy. So, last night I was brainstorming and thought that instead of shooting for a half marathon (which is too far out of my reach right now to be any kind of motivation), I can work on my swimming and shoot for a triathlon. It will take some serious work, I know, but I feel like I've hit a bit of a wall with running alone. What do you think? I could also just back off my goals and keep running 2-3 miles - just shoot for 5k times instead of distance running? I don't know ... Dumb body. | 