My hip and hamstring are sore. I have not had 2 1/2 spare hours during the day for physical therapy since last Wednesday. I think I've been good about the stretching and the cross training. PT has been amazing, but they don't offer their services at 4:30 a.m. when I actually have time to be there. I think healing injuries is more a matter of time and consistency more than anything else. It took 6 weeks to make that vastus medialis /adductor strain settle down. It took 6 weeks for plantar fasciitis to heal (that and cortisone shots). I had tendonitis in my elbow last year that took 6 months to go away. My guess is the hip thing is not going to get better faster just because I want it to get better faster.....Today was so November Rain. The leaves are already being crushed onto the trail, but it is still so lovely. The real treat of this autumn has been the rain. As I was finishing up (what I'd loosely refer to 'my run') I bumped into into Linda on the trail who just turned 59. 15-20 years ago she was a hard core runner, ran Boston, and a million other marathons and races. At 59 is still doing her thing -- slowly and carefully-- but she's still at it. Her age is to mine, what mine is to Catherine's. I may take her up on an a.m. M/W/F thing while I'm healing-- and while I'm recruiting the librarian for winter. | 