My hip hurts.<\/p>\n
It’s a strange kind of hurt – not the joint, more pain up the outside of the hip. It makes me walk funny. Running is, between you and me, out of the question right now.<\/p>\n
Which isn’t good when I’m supposed to be running a marathon in less than two months.<\/p>\n
I’m trying not to panic. I’m also trying to listen to what my body is telling me. Right now it’s saying ‘hey, you, you’re an old lady. Don’t push it. Give it time. Let it heal<\/em>‘.<\/p>\n Which isn’t really what I want to hear.<\/p>\n On the other hand, I don’t really have an option. So I’m doing just that. Resting and healing and not training – other than in my dreams. The pain came quickly and wasn’t the result of an accident. I don’t know what I did – maybe too much ‘hip stuff’ in pilates? I didn’t do a long run this week because it wasn’t feeling right, so I doubt if it’s actually caused by running.<\/p>\n We’ll see. I’ll wait and I’ll try not to get frustrated and I’ll see. You can’t force these things. Experience tells me that that only makes it worse and problems become chronic. Been there. Done that. Don’t want to go there again.<\/p>\n Happily I have a two week buffer in my training plan. I calculated the weeks wrong at the start and started two weeks early, as a result of which I know I have a little time on my side. In two weeks I won’t lose all the work I’ve done over the last few months and my body may in fact respond well to a little break to rejuvenate. That’s what I’m telling myself and right now I’m OK with that.<\/p>\n