Terry's Running Blog

Noon run, partly cloudy, temp 70'

The cooler noon temperature was welcomed.  I felt good today for a training run for the 1st time in over a week.  I think my sick stomach/flu problem is gone. 

Time 38:20,  Mile avg. - 7:31

Noon run

Yesterday nearing the end of my run the outside of my left hip gave me a few shots of pain.  I didn't think much of it.  This morning it felt just a little funny so I decided to take some Ibuprofen.  I was going to take another dose before noon but I forgot.  Anyway as I went out to go running it only took about 20 yards and the small flash of pain reappeared.  I jogged just a little more to see if it would go away but I could tell it wasn't getting better so I called it quits for the day.  I'll try Ibuprofen 3 times a day and see if it feels better tomorrow. 

Noon run, on the treadmill

I didn't run yesterday because I could still feel my left outside hip.  I'm thinking it is tendons. 

The hip felt pretty good today so I thought I'd try the treadmill so I could stop at any time if I needed to.  I ran at 7mph for 5 minutes without problem then stepped it up to 8mph.  The hip started feeling funny when I did this so I went back to 7 for another 5 minutes.  I then went to 8 again and after a couple of minutes I had one medium flash of pain but I kept running.  I decided I wanted it to kind of pinpoint the pain so I kept running.  I didn't ever get another flash of pain but I could feel that something just isn't right.  I went to 9mph for a while and called it quits.

Time 20 minutes,  Mile Avg. - 7:40

Noon run, sunny, temp. 80'

Decided to test out the left hip again.  I went out at about an 8 minute pace and everything seemed pretty good.  After a mile I tried to pick up the pace but the hip would give a dull pain as I tried to pick up the pace.  So a ran the 2nd mile at about 8 minute pace.  Then a guy came on the path about 100 yards ahead of me and was running at a fast pace.  I decided I'd try to catch him but as soon as I sped up the hip started aching.  I picked up the pace anyway to about a 7:15 pace but I still wasn't catching the runner.  It seemed that the longer I ran the less pain my hip gave me.  Maybe the bodies natural drugs kicked in.

Time 39:35,  Mile avg. - 7:45