Logging those miles

Every once in awhile I have those long runs that everything seems to not be in my favor. I chose a route that was very shady because already at 8:30 it was 76 with high humidity and rising fast. The  heat was not bad until mile 3.5 where I was on Carmel in the direct sunlight. This then brought on the sweating much faster. Good thing I decided it was a jog bra kind of run. Surprisingly I was not regretting the choice of wearing compression socks. They kept me cool and my legs fresh.

At about mile 4.5 I swallowed a bug, which is always fun. Once I turned onto Sharonview, I came to all the down hill areas. Well this lead to my knees hurting on the outside, signaling the sign for new shoes. I probably needed them about a month ago, but let's be honest what runner actually heeds the exact date their shoes go out? I stretched the Brooks Ravenna 2 pretty far since I got them at the end of February and trained for a half marathon, as well as running a few track practices in them. 

After my realization of new shoes, I came to the last major hill on Colony and I about died. After a month of not going to physical therapy and half doing lunges, squats, and hip exercises, I was definitely wanting to kick myself. My right hip was killing me, and I definitely knew it was all my fault for it hurting. I knew the first thing I was doing this morning was calling Dr. Brad for an appointment. 

After that my hip was hurting so bad, I was having to do a run/walk situation. At mile 8 it was too rough, that I didn't want to keep hurting it and had to train smart. I took a rest day today and have a hill workout and physical therapy to look forward to tomorrow!

Good night everyone!