Still Here

I'm still around, I just haven't had much of any motivation to blog recently. After my run on December 4th, I took some more time off. I didn't run for close to two weeks. When I resumed running, the pain in my groin was gone, but now the front of my hip is tight. I've been wondering if it has anything to do with starting back up after a layoff.

This morning's four miles were eventful. I ran out along the parkway, and where they've been doing construction they've begun to repave the path. However, they have not repaved it entirely, and there are still some sections where there is still dirt, which is rough from all of the tire tracks of the construction vehicles. This morning I was running on the dirt, and about to jump up to the pavement, when BAM! I tripped and went down. I was able to get my hands down, so nothing was hurt, I just got a little dirty. I was very careful the rest of the time I was running through the construction zone.

Christmas preparations are going well. j still does not quite understand Santa. If I ask him what he wants Santa to bring him, he'll answer "Trucks!" but he doesn't seem to think about it unless he's asked. Neither he nor b wanted to sit on Santa's lap when they came to visit me at work today.

Stubborn

I ran on my sore leg again this morning. It felt a little different, more soreness on the outside of my hip but still some soreness on the inside as well. Today, and Saturday as well, I can still feel something there on the inside hours after my run. I need to take some time off. That was cemented when I was searching for some stretches and exercises I could do and one website mentioned, "You have to stop doing what makes it hurt."

It's just so frustrating to me. I don't feel like I did anything to cause this. It started after time off, not after I rapidly increased mileage. It's a few weeks after the marathon and I'm itching to start running again. Still, a little time now is better than a lot later.

Still There

I ran six miles this morning and the soreness in my groin was still there. It's strange, I don't feel anything for a little while, then I feel a little soreness, and then it gets worse pretty quickly. I use the term worse loosely, though; it doesn't feel that bad and it's not stopping me from running nor does it seem to be altering anything. I know in my last post I said I'd give it maybe two days, but I might try to go a little longer than that before I take any more time off.

The Return

I'm trying to get back to running on a consistent basis after the marathon. Originally, that was going to happen last week. A week ago Sunday, J and I went to Burke Lake Park and I finally met one of her friends' husbands, who I am hoping becomes at least a infrequent training partner. However, after that Sunday run things were a little hectic at work and at home since we were going out of town for Thanksgiving, and I didn't run the rest of last week.

We came back home from Thanksgiving on Monday. I ran four miles Tuesday and Wednesday, though about halfway into the run each day I felt a soreness in my groin muscle. I took the day off Thursday, both because I was tired and to hopefully let the muscle get better. This morning I ran five miles, and the soreness was still there, though not as much. I'm stretching the muscle and am going to give it a go for two to three days before I take any more time off. If it doesn't get better by then, I'll rest until it does heal.