5 miles in 38:50 (7:45 pace) and I finally feel like a runner again. My conditioning is coming back. I am looking for new courses in my area and I found one that is a rural highway (205). There is a large, flat shoulder on each side of the highway, which is grass/dirt/gravel. This should minimize some of the pounding my body takes.
As my run started, it was spitting rain, but 2 miles into it, it poured. I felt like a dedicated runner again who wouldn't let the elements keep me from my run. No hip pain or low back pain. I have been seeing a Chiropractor here lately. We will so how that progresses. I have also been stretching much more lately. I never realized just how tight/inflexible my hip flexors/psoas muscle was. I am trying to hit all of my hip muscles and hamstrings.
The St.Jude Marathon is out this year. I simply won't be ready, not even for the half. Sasha may be coming to run and I will, of course, support the race as a spectator. I have other friends running as well. It's probably a good thing, I am not running as my "routine" would have been greatly disrupted. My in-laws will be staying with us and celebrating Thanksgiving with us a week late. Just one of the things that you have to deal with when your spouse's parents live away. | 