Night run with Christine. Ave. Pace 9:54...watching for signs of strain on my lower leg really carefully. I have my first half marathon ever in less than 2 weeks and I really don't want to be MIA! So my leg felt really good for 2 miles, but then I started to feel it a little. Forgive me while I delve a little deeper than is interesting to read about (never stopped Charles Dickens!)... Somewhere around 2 miles I first started to feel a twinge in my right hip. At the time I really got the feeling that it was coming from my lower back. After another .25 or so, I started to feel tension running down my leg--the whole leg, from my hip to the bottom of my foot. Within another half mile the discomfort had kind of localized in my shin muscle. So I had to slow down a lot that last mile for this thing, but I am filled with hope that the root of the problem can be fixed by my chiropractor. I have twice had a hip pain that completely subsided after getting a really great adjustment by my chiro. I'll go in tomorrow and hopefully come out all better! At least that is MY plan! I'll probably only run 3 again tomorrow even if I'm feeling good, but by the end of the week, I might do a 5 and a 6-8 miler. One thing is certain...Painter's is going to kick my butt!!! Everybody needs a good butt kicking every once in a while, though. It makes you feel alive! Well, more like it makes you feel dead, so you can appreciate it when you finally come back to life a week or so later.
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