The Long Run

Yikes!

Over one week now without any running.

 Basically, what happened is when I got to work, a week ago Friday, my left hip was hurting me.  It hadn't hurt during the run but was hurting later.  At first I thought, no problem, I'll just take off a couple of days and then be better.

Saturday morning - still hurting, getting ready for trip, problems just walking around, spent rest of the day in the car.

Sunday - more driving, stayed off my feet, getting a little bit better.

Monday - still hurting

Tuesday - went to Austin, getting better to walk on.

Wednesday - came home from Austin, stopped at Innerspace caverns, finally started feeling normal.

Thursday - back in Dallas, feeling a lot better unless I tried to walk quickly.

Friday - feeling better, went to the Ft Worth zoo, a little bit sore from walking towards the end of the zoo visit.

Saturday - back in the car to head home.

Sunday - back home at 2:00 pm, took the dogs for a walk with the family, feeling ok but still couldn't walk fast.  Hot tub later, felt better.

Monday (today) - felt a lot better this morning, I don't think I'm 100% yet though.

This whole thing kind of snuck up on me, it didn't feel any worse when I ran on it, the last time I ran.  This usually means that it is ok to run.  So often, I have run, where it didn't feel so great starting out but once you get going, or after the run, whatever it is has cleared up.

Well, hopefully I can get over this.  I'll tread lightly and come back slowly for now.  I should be able to walk fast without any problems before trying to run.  I might also have to spend more time in the pool.
 

I went to the Y today.  It felt good to do at least something.  I warmed up on some of the cardio machines to see which ones might work the best for me now.  I treaded very lightly and decided I would stop even if I imagined any pain.  I did a few minutes on the bike, a little bit on the rower and then some on the arc trainer. 

Next I did some upper body weights.  This was my main workout and I think it went pretty well.  I had read recently that you can maintain or even improve your lactic threshold with weight lifting.  It would be nice if that turns out to be true. 

So, the real test now is to see how I feel the rest of the day, tonight and tomorrow morning when I wake up.  If I feel the same or better, then maybe I will do just a little bit more tomorrow. 

Another day of very light cardio today.  I did 10 minutes on the bike at a slightly higher resistance than yesterday, and 10 minutes on the arc trainer followed finally by 2 minutes on the rower.

I only did 2 minutes on the rower because I was either starting to feel something or at last thought I was feeling something so I played it safe.

 Overall, so far so good.  This morning I felt pretty good and have felt good so far during the day.
 

Another cross training day.  I stepped things up one small notch from last time.  10 minutes on the bike at slightly higher resistance once again, then 16 minutes on the arc trainer (I had planned on doing only 15, kept going, but then decided to quit while I was ahead).

Then I did some upper body weights, as well as some push ups and two sets of pull-ups.  So, this morning I felt like I did more than just show up at the gym.

No pain still a couple hours later.