A Hip Update And Weekend Runs

On Friday Shirley and I exchanged a few emails regarding my hip pain. Over the course of the morning we developed a pretty good action plan:

Start rotating shoes

Run outside when possible

Do some core work

So Saturday morning,with brand new shoes, I headed to downtown Tavares for eight miles on the Tavares Trail. I felt like I was going slow as the day quickly heated up. I ended up running at a 10:11 average pace. Slower than I wanted to be, but I was still happy with the run.

And when I was done, there was no hip pain. None.

The plan was to run a little further twice on Sunday. But after going to New Port Richey on Saturday afternoon, I was pretty tired. Sunday morning when the alarm went off at 5:30 AM, I just couldn't do it. I slept for another few hours. That meant running outside was out of the question. It is just so hot.

I ran my scheduled 17 miles on the treadmill, again in my new shoes.



After my run still no hip pain.

After the previous weekend and the soreness I felt, and another suggestion from Shirley, I took my first ever ice bath.


Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

And you know, I think it made a huge difference. I lasted six minutes. I was shooting for ten, but my feet were so cold, I held out as long as I could, but six minutes is better than nothing.

Today, I ran my scheduled three miles, yes, on the treadmill, but I swapped out my shoes for the Nike Triax 11's that have about 240 miles on them.

I would like to get outside tomorrow for my run, which means it will be an early start.

With the hip pain gone, I'm feeling really good and strong.

Now to get going with some core work. It's going to happen this week!