I Can Do Hard Things

Massage

Hip still very achy.  Otherwise, legs are on the mend.

Walked .25, ran .25 - I did this for 2 miles.  The run was VERY slow.  Hammies are still a bit tight and my hip is still very tight.  Ughhhh..... Stupid hip.

Weights

v-legs - pull weight up with arms

one arm on ball push ups

LLL with 10lb weight

60 sec plank

1 legged bridge (ouch those hurt hip)

LOOOONNNNNg stretching and rolling session

I'm meeting with my trainer tomorrow so no running.  I'm going to try 3 miles on Friday.  Come on hip...work with me!

So the taper and recovery drive me bonkers.  I just want to run like normal.  But I guess I want to be smart and not get injured so early in the season. 

I met with my trainer this morning.  We mostly did arms and core stuff today. 

LLL with weight

Stretching and lots-o-foam rolling

Going to try 3 run/walk miles tomorrow.  We'll see how the legs feel.

Good morning sore arms and abs...thanks trainer!  It was much warmer than I had anticipated and wished I had on a short sleeve shirt.  There were very dark clouds in the sky and the air smelled so clean.  Rain is a 'comin!

4 very slow miles this morning.  My legs are feeling more normal every day, but they are still not 100%.  I still have a ways to go.  My hip has been feeling better too, but still very tight.  I have 2 weeks still I start my official training for SGM.  So just slow miles for me for the next little while.  No need to hurry back.  I just want to be smart and not get injured.

4 houses of lunges

weighted LLL

Stretch and foam roll

AP: 9:36

Tim and I are running Ragnar Stupid again this year.  This will be my last year.  Running in the middle of the night isn't fun.  Tim needed to do a longer run, so I joined in.  I wasn't sure how my legs were going to feel (or my hip), but I knew we wouldn't be going a fast pace. 

We race through Art Dye Park and behind Lone Peak.  This has never been a fast run for me.  So we just enjoyed the slow beautiful scenery.  We stopped for water a few times.  The last 1.5 miles, I was feeling really good, so I picked up the pace a bit and he followed.  He did a really great job! 

He finally decided to sign up for the Hobble Creek Half Marathon with me.  So we were talking about training and the "long run"....it's going to be fun!

Off to the Saturday madness.  Hooray for feeling more normal today!!!