It's cyclical, I think

It's been a good week. I think I put in 19 miles over 3 runs. Each run I pushed pretty hard, which isn't what you're supposed to do..... but it was fun. Yesterday I ran 7 with Jorge and Fletcher on the trail in the snow--- it was actually snowing in Austin yesterday. The temp was in the mid 30s.... sorta unpleasant. My legs and hip felt good and I finished fast, dropping below 6:00 for the last 800m. It was the hardest I've run in years.

For a couple weeks my legs were dead, hip was sore, I didn't have any get-up-and-go on the bike. But things are good now. Maybe I just needed some time after increasing the weekly volume.....

I still have an occasional pain in the hip, usually after a run. But lately I've gone for days without feeling anything bad from the hip. And it's not uncommon for it to feel better after a run. My new hip theory--- it's cyclical. Right now I'm in a good cycle. I'm not sure how long it will last, but it will end, as will the bad cycle that follows....

I signed up for the Cap10K in April. I have about 7 weeks to get ready. Really looking forward to racing again.... last night I dreamed that I ran a marathon. It took me all night. I woke up tired. Still, it was sweet.....

Mixed

Some dead air on the old blog lately, which usually means things aren't going very well. But things aren't too bad either, thankfully. Two weeks ago I ran 7 miles on the trail with a friend--- a route that gave me no trouble the week before, but this time it was a slog... legs felt like wood and the hip was sore the next morning. So I decided to take it easy for the next week or so. A couple days later I did a somewhat brisk 5 miler on the treadmill and was decently sore a few hours later. And so I started to fear that things were starting to unravel, which has happened a few (many?) times before. So I decided to take advil around the clock, and after a couple days, the hip felt significantly better. That's something new--- haven't been able to pull things back with advil before. And several runs later--- some of them mediocre, some of them downright sucky, I feel like things are headed back in the right direction. I just had a good solid treadmill workout. Weather here has been sorta crappy, hence the treadmill.

Anyway, still running!