Response from Derek L. Hope he doesn’t mind me posting here, but it was exactly what I needed to hear. “if you don’t mind me saying, looking at you weekly mileage that I had seen on your blog, you are an injury waiting to happen…training is ALL about consistency…doing the same thing over and over…build/race/recovery…you…
What a breakthrough week for me. 1 minute last Sunday. 11 minutes this Sunday. YES. The first 5 minutes didn’t feel great. Residual pain (not sharp, like before) with most steps. I stretched for a while afterwards. Then decided to run for another minute or two to see how it felt after stretching. It actually…
Ran for 7 minutes last night. How great is that? Things still aren’t 100%, but they’re getting better. There’s no pain, the area just feels like it isn’t working properly. I wonder if that isn’t because I’m using muscles in that area that aren’t used to being used? That’s what I’m hoping anyway. I didn’t…
Friday and Saturday last week were not good for me. Specific pain came back to SI joint on my 1 minute run on Friday, and stayed with me through Saturday. Not cool. How could this happen? Was it because of my biking? I had biked for a good amount of time Monday through Wednesday —…
Gee… it’s a wonder anyone would want to keep reading this :). Thanks for checking back, despite my lack of positive or interesting news!! Some noteworthy changes:1. I no longer need to be on ibuprofen all the time. In fact, I’m OK to be without now. Before, I was on a prescription strength dose and…
Can’t help it. I’m depressed tonight. I tried to run/walk again tonight, and the hip really isn’t better. I know I go through these cycles “I think it’s better! No, not really. Maybe?! Etc.” — but this is getting old & I really feel that if I’ve made any progress, it’s been minimal. Sigh. I…