Distance: ~100 miles (yes, that's for the whole month)
Well keeping a log of running through pain 4-5 days per week was depressing. So I quit again for most of May. After this weekend, when I got in two 50+ minute runs with less hip flexor and hamstring pain than I have had since the marathon back in February, I have decided to keep myself more honest and get back to keeping myself honest.
Time: 30:00
Easy morning run with Ozzie and Tushar from Tush's place in Bryn Mawr. A bit tired and dehydrated, but excited to head to Heps at Penn. Moderately tight, but nothing out of the ordinary these days.
Stretching: Umm...
Time: 31:13
Easy loop through RCP. Hamstring was tight the whole run. Hip flexor okay.
I haven't been stretching enough this week.
Time: 34:51
Easy afternoon run through Adams Morgan and the Zoo with Peaches, who just moved back to DC over the weekend.
Stretching: Hamstring
Time: 138:41
Distance: ~20 mi.
Another 5 day running week. I am feeling some slight improvements in my hamstring and hip flexor.
Time: 30:43
Easy loop dipping into RCP and around Mt. Pleasant. Felt okay, considering I was running early to miss the harder rain that hit the District later in the day.
Stretching: Hamstring stretches with the rope.
Time: 26:00
Morning run down to Midas near Mt. Vernon Square, where I had some break work done on the car yesterday. I felt much better than the morning run earlier this week, though I was still a bit tight.
No stretching, headed right to work.
Time: 33:23
Easy evening run towards Adams Morgan, through the Zoo and back through RCP. I thought this loop was a bit shorter, and I have been bored doing out-and-backs in the neighborhood so I figured I would do something a little different. Legs weren't as bad as I expected--hamstring was tight but not sore, and hip flexor started to get sore and tighten up at about 25 minutes.
Stretching: Hamstring stretches with the rope.
Time: 23:43
I found a good place to park and run on the path in Rock Creek Regional Park when I visit Terrel Hale in Rockville.
The run this morning was not great, as I was stiff and both my right hamstring and left hip flexor got sore very quickly. It was too bad, as the weather was good and it was nice to be on a path in the woods.
Stretching: Terrel helped me with some very active hamstring stretches.
Massage: Massage and ART on hamstrings, adductors, and psoas.
Time: 25:52
Easy run around the neighborhood. Pain/soreness on-par for recent days.
Stretching: Hamstring stretches with the rope.
Time: 22:56
Easy morning jog with Nick towards RCP and on the Piney Branch trail. Hamstring and hip flexor both tight and a little sore.
No stretching, because brunch was a bigger priority.
Time: 21:05
Easy jog after work. Colin added on after his workout for the first half. Hamstring sore.
Stretching: Hamstring stretches with the rope.
