Keep Calm and Run On

Met early at Sugarhouse to run 4. Felt good during the 4 but hips were tightening by the end. Then we did cemetery run with 10 sets 1 minute on/off in the cemetery (we only did 1 lap then ran on the street out to 3900 S.) My hips were so tight I swear my pelvis was going to crack at any moment. My IT band was tight and hips under a lot of pressure. I had to fight hard to finish and get back to the park. I stretched well, rolled, did an ice bath and went to Bikram yoga for the first time tonight. It felt good.

Met early at Liberty to do 2 miles then we ran to Granite for a workout on the track. I was tight going out and by the time we got to the track, I was granny running. We did 6 strides on the grass and my glutes were so flippin tight I had no drive and couldn't stride out. It helped to pound my glutes with a fist to try and get them to relax. But it was a tight, hard to move workout. We did 3 sets of 4 400's at 95-90-85-80, minute rest between each and 2 laps between sets. It was a good workout. We were always 2-3 seconds fast on the first 200 of each repeat. The first ones came easy but by the end of the set I was working hard. I am grateful this workout went better than last week's. Running back to the park I thought I would die- from the pressure/tight hips of the slow pace I couldn't pick up. It was miserable, long the whole way back. 

AM- met to run Pipeline. It was nice only running to Rattlesnake but still felt long on the way back. Hips were not nearly as tight today but knee hurt from IT. Rolled out, stretched and went to yoga this afternoon. 

PM- the first 2 miles of my run were glorious- no hip or knee pain or tightness. I could stride out and move!! Then coming down 500 S. on my loop, my IT tightened and knee hurt til the end. But there were a few minutes of glory, pain free striding. 

A.M. Ran to practice at Sunnyside. It was a short day because everyone was racing. Mile warm up, strides and mile cooldown. Ran home the long way to try and get 7. My knees were killing. 

P.M. Ran 5 around Sugarhouse Park from my house. My hips and knees were not tight and no pain until the last mile. It was so nice to stride out strong and not hurt. There is hope. 

I was up early to watch everyone race Des News. It was a blast to cheer everyone on. I was sad to not be racing this year but know it wouldn't be worth the knee/hip pain and probably make it worse. I ran the course backwards up to 1300 E. until I cheered for Bill in the marathon. Then I made my way back to Liberty Park and ran into Garek along the way. We ran out on the course to cheer Bill. Then I ran out again with Bill to try and find Ben as he finished (but they had made him turn off the parade route and we missed him) My knees hurt and I went pretty slow. 

Finishing 70 miles with only 9 miles on Saturday is a pretty good week. I ran by myself this morning which was rough but ok. My hips and knees felt great today and I was able to stride out well and run a decent pace. I was tired the last mile and my IT was beginning to tighten, but most of the run was great.