Running

I have taken some time off to try and get my hip some healing and because I have been a bit lazy, but mostly because my hip has been bugging me on every run. I thought I would run to the church to play some basketball. It is 1 mile away and would give me an idea of how my hip would feel. I got over there in just over 7 min. Felt good to be running again but I noticed the hip pain starting just as I go to the church.

After the game I had some time and decided to run around the hood and see how it felt. The pain started to creep back fairly soon and it was much worse on the uphill than the down/flat. After 5 miles I stopped and stretched and swung my legs out which seemed to help so I threw in another mile.

I am frustrated by the fact that after so much time off, it still hurt pretty quickly. However, I am going to try to stay committed to stretching daily and see if that helps it.

Wanted to see how the hip would feel in some new shoes. After about .25 my hip started acting up but never got any worse really. I had a basketball game to run to that was exactly 3 miles away. It was all downhill so I couldn't keep my pace as slow as I would have liked. Ended up with an average pace of 6:30's.

It felt good other than the little hip niggle. Lungs and other leg parts felt good.

The hip had been feeling decent all week so I decided to try and go a bit further than I have been. I was hopeful that it would hold up well and not be too painful to run through. Big mistake! My hip started aching after about .5 miles. This isn't anything new so I just kept on going. I did an out and back along Wasatch Blvd from my house to Mt. Olympus trailhead and back. It felt about the same from miles 1-5 but then everything fell apart. My hip started having sharp pain and my back started hurting, probably from compensating for my hip. The pain was by far the most intense it has ever been. I guess I should go see a doctor and get it checked out before I make things worse.