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Longish run in Rock Creek

April 8, 2019 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Decided that if I wanted to run a decent marathon next Monday I really had to try to get a couple good runs in, injury be damned. If I’m too I injured to medium run today then my ability to complete a marathon is rather questionable.

Turned out fine. My hamstring flexor was noticeable but not hindering for the first several miles, then gradually slipped my mind, though never went awau completely. My left hip, in spite of all the hip exercises I’ve been doing these past 10 days, decided it was still not cured and set about nagging me softly, though not enough to be considered “pain.” Then most concerning thing wasn’t either injury- it was the fact that I feel out of shape. Hopefully it’s just rustiness from not having used my muscles this way for this long in the past 8 days and not a serious deterioration in endurance. We shall see come next Monday I guess.

RCP was lovely though, and I had no trouble coping with the 80 degree heat. I only wish that after all these months of lonely miles in Sarajevo I didn’t have to run it alone.

Cookie run later was a nice bonus.