Ran Saturday in Worton, Maryland (look it up, if you can find it.....). My first 5 miler. Along rolling farmland in a brewing thunderstorm..... Humid as well.....
I was at the bro-in-laws house and figured I'd put off the run long enough.... Ran from their house to a cul-de-sac about 2.5 miles away and back. Wow, Maryland farm country really has rolling terrain.... It'll be good to practice a few times a month, I suppose, if I have the willpower and stamina.
My hip pain got better after the run (seems only to get better after movement, worse when I don't exercise much - not too sure about that), but my gluteus maximus certainly wasn't happy the next morning!
Can't say the run was one for the books, either. I was passed by a golf-carting family "walking" their dogs..... not very sporting, but the second time they came past me, I asked if I could hitch a ride.... as they already had 3 on the cart, probably would have worn out the battery, though, so we all just laughed as if I was joking (little did they know!!!).
Didn't do wonderfully - 12-minute mile pace, but I finished it, so not too shabby.*
Took Sunday off, but ran today - almost to the Washington Monument.... I did a 4-mile round trip, with, still, an 11-minute mile pace. That includes traffic lights and walking, so can't complain at this point.
I'm toying with the idea of running when I wake up in the morning, but the effort it takes to get moving so early makes it a nearly impossible task at this point.....
ah well.....
To the pool tomorrow.....
*Not that I had a choice - I did have a standing order for a car if I was out more than an hour and a half, but, couldn't bring myself to plop down on the side of the road for 30 minutes..... no matter how much my consciousness kept begging for just such an event.....
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