I ran 13 miles this morning...and walked 1 mile. I got in 4 easy miles early then met up with Larry, Wayne and Kevin. We headed north on the canal road. A few miles into the run Kevin stopped to talk with his father-in-law who was running the other direction. Larry stopped with him and Wayne and I continued on. We thought they would be right behind us, but we never saw them again until the end of the run. Wayne said he hadn't been feeling well all week and didn't know how far he would go, but he ended up outrunning me again. About mile 4 into my run with Wayne my right hip starting hurting pretty badly. I have some arthritis in that hip. I tried running through it but by mile 5, still heading away from home, I knew I wouldn't be able to run another 7 miles. Wayne wanted to get in 12 miles so I told him to continue on. I would stretch and walk a bit and join him on the return trip. I ended up walking about a mile back the way we had come, stopping and stretching along the way, before Wayne returned. I ran with him the last 4 miles and the hip wasn't too bad. My hip hasn't bothered me at all for a long time. I think the problem with my hip this morning may have been that I wore shorts even though it was pretty cold, especially during those 4 early miles I ran. I 'll have to keep an eye on it.
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