I am going to call it 11 today because it was a little short (10.8 or 10.9). Either way it was not the 18 it was supposed to be. Diaster is the word that would describe todays run. My hip started bothering me on my first 6 mile loop and then became almost unbareable the second 6 mile loop so I cut the loop short and quit. I know that quitting is not good but I think that it was in my best interest today, I did this to save myself any injury heading into next weekends 24 miler, with the marathon only 3 weekends away I need to make sure that I am healthy and when I get done over half of todays run I guess it isn't to bad. Disappointed to say the least, but I am getting so close to getting my first marathon I can taste it. I need to just stay healthy and I think in a month I will be able to say I did my first marathon. (Any suggestions on hip stretches would be great). The next 3 weeks hardcore stretching, I need to keep myself healthy. | 