Thurs - 6/19 - 2.2 miles, 25 min

Very slow outing on the trail today. But a storm rolled in right before I left the house so considering I got out there anyway, I'll call it a victory. The hip (IT band?) is still causing me almost continuous pain two weeks after initial flare up, so a trip to a massage therapist or chiropractor may be in the future.

Sun - 6/15 - 2.2 miles, 22:24

One lap Regional. Hip has felt bad all day, but for some reason I don't really feel it when I run. This has been my best lap in a couple of months. A 22:24 for a 10:11 pace. Got some work to do. Weight's down to 208. Got to get the hip better, though.

Fri - 6/13 - 2.2 miles 25 mins

Another lap at Regional. Although the hip and outer thigh still had some discomfort, the knee felt good. It rained the whole time (what is it that's refreshing about running in the rain?) but still cut about a minute off yesterday's time. Doesn't really say much about today, more so about how slow yesterday was.

Thu - 6/12 - 2.2 miles, 25 min

One lap at Regional. I cut my planned two laps short for two reasons: 1) I was struggling since I hadn't run in over a week, and 2) my IT (I assume) was causing some discomfort from my hip to the outside of my thigh. Although my knee has been feeling good the last couple of days, my hip has been giving me some slight discomfort. The pain today was more noticeable when I was walking, not running. My knee felt fine the whole time which is promising.

Mon - 6/9 - IT band update

I think the IT band is better, at least there weren't any instances yesterday that caused pain. I can't say that about last Friday as just about any movement that put pressure on my knee caused some pain. I'm going to take it easy until Wednesday, though. In the past I would have rushed into a run as soon as it felt some better, usually only to find it wasn't and prolonging the healing. More foam roller and rest.

Fri - 6/6 - IT band flared up

Got out to Regional today excited to run a solid 2 lap effort, mentally that is. I got about 1/10 of a mile down the path when my IT band flared up. Tried to keep going but before I got to 2/10 it happened about 3 more times. Nothing I can do when that happens but call it a day. Looks like a 5 miler followed by a leg workout was too much. Good grief. Anyway, time on the foam roller and some rest is in store for the next several days. I'm not going to rush it.

Thur - 6/5 - workout

Decided to take today off from running and work legs. Went to the YMCA and did several sets of leg press and a couple of dumbbell squats.

Wed - 6/4 - 5.2 miles, 1:05

I got down to Enterprise this morning. I haven't been down there since April 18. Oddly enough, today's outing went a lot like that one. Ashamed to say that I'm not any faster or in better shape 6 weeks later, but I know I'm not, so there's no reason to try and hide it. I remember struggling that day. I struggled today, as well. Ended up being about 25 seconds faster and a 12:41 pace. I'm going to try to make this a once a week kindof run. Would like to make it down to Stringer's Ridge at some point soon, also.

Week Total - 13.6 miles

This was my best week, which is sad, this spring. Consistency and improvement. I'm going to try to lock into my mantra for this year, FORWARD.

Sun - 6/1 - 4.4 miles, 46:44 mins

Two laps at Regional. 1st lap in 22:44, 10:20 pace. This has been the fastest one lap recently and the fastest 1st lap this spring when running two. 2nd lap started out faster than the 1st through about 1.5 miles then the wheels fell off. As it was, it ended up being the fastest 2nd lap this year, 24:00. Fitness is starting to come around as both of these runs, especially the second, felt slower. I've still got weight to lose.