Winning Back What I Lost

Easy recovery run.  Hammies and right knee a little tight so I took it very slow.  Finished a little quicker w/ the last 1.25M @ 8:20/mi pace.

10PM: Felt better today.  Still a little sore in the hips but otherwise pretty good.  Finished up the last 3M @ 8:20/mi pace &  8:31/mi pace overall. 

George Steinbrenner died today.  All day I thought about what I could do as an homage to the fearless leader of the empire.  During my run I looked for a stray dog to kick or a birds nest to knock down.  No luck.

10PM: Easy run.  Visited the chiro today to get my neck, hips, and ankle adjusted.  Neck feels much better but my hips are even more sore today.  Makes it hard to get any turnover. It's not extremely painful- more of a dull ache.  I've experienced this post-adjustment residual soreness before and it usually takes a couple of days to feel right again.

10PM:  Easy run past Mt View HS and down Overland and home. No run yesterday.  Meeting had me up early to travel to Portland and I returned home late.  It was a hot one today and it didn't cool down much even after the sun went down.  Still 85 degrees at 1030PM.

10PM:  Long, slow run with the temp in the low to mid 90's at the beginning and mid 80's at the finish. Had to stop once at Maverick for a gatorade.  Running in the dark is always a little spooky to me but a long run late at night is especially awkward.  I'm really not a morning person, mostly because I like to stay up late, but I may have to become one because it's just getting to darn hot to run at night. 

My two visits to the chiro this week are already paying off.  Dr. Rae popped my left ankle and the bones in the forefoot back into place and the pain is almost gone.  I wish I would have gone back to him sooner.