Sorry friends that I have been MIA since february! Working 3 jobs and training has gotten very hectic. As with any time one is juggling many things on their plate, each aspect will slip here or there. Sadly for me the blog has been totally neglected. To give a brief life update things have been going well. Track is fantastic. I love coaching and I have a very good group of girls. It's weird hanging out with high schoolers again. I have definitely had to watch the topics we talk about and comments that are made, it's definitely a little more work than being the new member educator. But the season has been going great and is almost over! The other jobs are going well. Back on the job hunt for something full time in Charlotte or Chicago. It's crazy that it has almost been a year since I graduated, and I feeling it's really time to focus on something full time. Also that 2-3 jobs is getting a little too crazy.
Training and racing wise, training slipped every now and then from the crazy hectic schedule and my own lack of sleep I had been getting. The race was this past weekend. It was a wet one for sure. Right before the race the rain started up again. I started out a little aggressive with the first mile of 8:30 (about 20-30 seconds faster than normal race pace). I was feeling good and kept that pace despite the pouring rain and aggressive hills. At mile 4, I was at 34 min! I was totally on track to finish under 2 hours. But then mile 7 happened and the hip pain flared up. I experienced this same thing back in September at the Chicago Half Marathon, but at mile 11 so I powered through it. This time it was a lot more sudden and severe. I knew that if I kept going it was going to be a tough recovery. I was on a road close to the apartment, so I did a run/walk until mile 9 and turned off the course. I was hoping to make it back to the finish line to see Jeff finish the race, but missed him by 3 min.
Overall, I feel like I raced safe and I felt very good cardio wise and everything. I need to focus on getting the hip tendon stronger. I went to pt on monday, and found out it was strained. So my new goal is working on getting that stronger and remembering to not race on the edge of the road from now on.
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