parklife

A quick post-vacation entry...

Though I took a few days off of work around the Labor Day weekend, running maintained its dogged, zombie-like presence in my daily life (but at least with a change in scenery). My Saturday workout took place in Central Park (New York, New York), with Andrew joining me for the first five or so miles. It was a pretty sweltering day, but the pleasant environment and gentle rolling hills allowed me to mostly ignore the occasional barks from my hip and knee. I covered 11+ miles, followed by a cold water bathtub soak.


















Things went south at the beginning of the week. By Tuesday I was staying with Dan & Meagan in Brooklyn, so I headed over to Prospect Park, just a couple of blocks from their apartment. Before I began, I felt that my legs had fully rebounded from Saturday's run. Alas. A few miles in, after stopping briefly to look at a park map, I felt a noticeable hip-based limp in my stride. I decided to call it a day. I tried running again the next morning, but again managed just three miles (instead of the prescribed nine).

So it's September and the pain in my hip has reached the point that it has cut into my training mileage. As I sit here typing this, it seems like I should have been able to push past the discomfort, but the situation is entirely different when I am actually running. Bad enough that I felt the need to schedule an appointment with a doctor for next week. I'll probably give it a go on Saturday, but 18 miles seems like a much longer distance than it did a couple of weeks ago.