A guy in my neighborhood is running one of those spartan races and hasn't been very consistent at running. He wanted someone to start running with and I told him I could go out with him. He said he runs about a 12 min mile and is in bad shape for running but has been lifting a lot. I agreed to go out with him and keep it slow, should be good for my hip at least to slowly build back up miles with slower pace.
We did a 4 mile run that almost killed him. We averaged a 10 min mile and then I decided to do 2 more miles afterwards a bit quicker to see how my hip would react. My hip felt pretty decent the entire time. A little achey but not overly painful. Last 2 miles were at closer to 8 min pace.
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