Got up and out around 7am, beautiful sunny morning, but still nice and cool mostly. Did do a bit of shade hopping!
This run came after taking 4 days off, letting the hip pain ease off, and fighting a niggling feeling I couldn’t do these runs. Found some stretches online for IT band issues and some for hip abductor/flexor, seeing as I’m not sure what exactly was causing the discomfort after my last few runs and pain during my last run.
Anyway good news is this morning’s run was pain free and I kept it nice and slow! Did about 4k in the 35 mins, with 25 min of running.
What a difference a change of running time (pm to am) change of route and change of music made!!! I think I needed that. I’d started to fear these longer runs, and doubt myself. And today felt great and the belief is back!
I returned and made a conscious effort to make sure I did some proper stretching and miraculously my body feels fine so far today. I know there will be ups and downs, but today I really enjoyed my run! Soaked up all the scenery, didn’t obsess over distance or times, just felt more in the moment.
Thanks for all the advice earlier in the week!