running

Hip sore trying to work past it. Have apt with a guy for ART figure I should get it really sore before I see him so he can tell me what's wrong.

Hip bothers me no more and no less if I run. So now I am just annoyed that I took so much time off. Was running 10 miles at 9:00 per mile. New starting point today 1 mile at 9:00. Weight up 3 pounds since injury. So hard to eat less. Still not one to wallow in self pity. I am incredibly lucky to be able to run. Will just start from where I am and work from there. BQ a bit further away than it was. Training would have needed to go perfectly for me to take a shot at it this spring. It didn't. So maybe next fall. Still won't do much more than long slow miles until hip is better. Mentally I can live with 3-6 mile range 4-5 days a week. Less than that my sanity suffers.

On the trainer. About a foot of snow today. Trees losing big branches. Kids thrilled to have the day off. Me, not so much. Ready to run outside without fear of falling. Tomorrow's going to be another treadmill day.

Treadmill. 1 mile at under 8:00. Just trying to do something. Between the hip and snow and ice and school and gym closings I just haven't done anything this week.

On trainer. More snow coming. More workouts skipped. Groan.

On the trainer while watching it snow. ART last night. Can't tell if the hip feels better or not cause I can't even get out to run. Working all weekend then planning on next week being better weather and getting back to regular running.

On the treadmill.  Dizzying trying to run and watch skeleton olympic event.  Almost fell off .  1.5 at under 8 min pace.  Hip didn't hurt while running but did after stretching.

Legs very sore from ART but once things warmed up it felt good. Out of shape for sure but no hip pain while running. Now if the weather would just cooperate I need to pick it back up again. Gained 5 pounds in the last 2 months. Mostly stopped running but did not stop eating. Need to get more serious about the swimming and biking also. Swim coach pointed out that PFDs are illegal in ironman events.

Signed up for this race a while ago otherwise would probably not have done it today. I haven't run more than 3.5 miles since early Jan. But since my hip was feeling ok I thought I would do it as a long slow run. I started out in last place. I was the last one to cross the timing mat. Being so far back in the pack worked well. The race was on pretty narrow streets so hard to pass for most of the race. I started very slowly and picked up the pace as the race progressed. I ran 9:22/mile which considering how little I have done lately is pretty good. The very best thing about the race is that my hip does not hurt.

Really need to get back in the pool.

Nice and slow trying not to fall down on the black ice.

3 miles at 9 min per mile.  This is the best run I have had in almost 2 months.  Hip feels good.  Absolutely nothing hurt today running.  I am encouraged that I have run 3 of the last 4 days and have been pain free.  Now have to start the slow progression of add frequency, add distance, add speed.  Need 26 9 min miles in a row to qualify for Boston.  That's gonna take a while, but at least I am back on track.

On treadmill 2 miles at 8 min. Felt ok but couldn't have gone much faster today but could have continued at that pace. Hip still feeling good. Have to remember increase frequency then distance then speed. I am impatient to get back to where I was two months ago and progress from there. I do know that I am not running a marathon this spring.

It is weird to be this interested in training. I have spent my whole life just running for fun and doing pretty well. Usually top 5-10% of age group. I did spend 1 summer in college training with some fast girls but the expectation of 100 mile weeks and the weight loss demands weren't that much fun. I thought qualifying for Boston would be fairly easy. But it did not come easily in my first marathon so now I have to work at it. Including losing weight! That seems weird at this age.