Michelle's Running Blog

I was thinking of running 6 miles today but my body was still really tired.  My muscles are sore, which they haven't been for awhile.  I guess it is good to be sore once in awhile and get stronger.  The easy 4 felt good and hopefully I will feel a little better tomorrow. 

There is still quite a bit of snow and ice on the roads and sidewalks.  It makes a run a little slippery and a bit like an obstacle course.

I ran my standard 4 mile loop again today.  I felt a little stronger then yesterday, which is good. 

Last year I used to run in the evening and I would often get side aches.  I always thought it was because there was more food in my stomach.  About six months ago I switched to running in the morning and I haven't had to deal with side aches, until this morning.  Around mile 2 I got a bad side ache and had to run in pain the second half.  I tried breathing out really hard which has seemed to help but I am not sure why I got a side ache at 6 am when I hadn't eaten since the night before.  Any ideas?  

My left hip has been hurting me a little for awhile.  I thought it was my old shoes.  I got new shoes for Christmas and this week my hip seems to be hurting even more.  I don't know if I don't have the right shoes or if I need to take a little break to let my hip heal.  Today I didn't run, I did a 35 minute yoga video.  It felt good to stretch out and loosen up.  I am debating whether I should run tomorrow or give my hip some rest.  I guess I will see how it feels throughout the day.

I took the day off from running.  I hope my hip gets better quickly because I really missed not running when it was a scheduled running day.  I rode the bike instead.  However, the bike was out of batteries and we didn't have any replacements.  I rode the bike anyway but did not have any resistance because no batteries.  It wasn't a great workout but at least something.  

 My brother and sis-in-law are coming today and should be here very soon.  I need to clean the upstairs bathroom, I hate cleaning bathrooms.  Happy New Years Eve!

My hip is still not 100% although it is getting better.  I don't want to run and ruin all of the resting I have been doing.  This morning I went to the gym and did the elliptical for 4 miles.  It was my first time on an elliptical.  I liked that I got a good workout and it was easy on my hip.  However, I am missing actually running.  The first half of the workout I didn't have the elliptical on any resistance and my heels kept coming off the machine.  Then I figured out you could add resistance and it make the workout much more enjoyable and more like actual running.  I might do the elliptical a little next week as well and then add in some running.