When You Can’t Run …

Last weekend I did something I’ve never done. After mostly enjoying a mostly glorious run between rain showers, I cut my run short and walked the rest of the way home (about 1/2 mile). My left hip wasn’t having it. The slight tug had turned into a searing burn and there was really no question of “pushing through”—and certainly no reason to. 😟

My last post-run selfie for a while

When You Can’t Run ….

Last weekend I did another thing I haven’t done in ages—turned off my alarm and slept in. On Memorial Day my husband took over Scooby’s morning walk and I slept until … 8:30! What??? I’m not gonna lie—It felt amazing! 🤩

So, I guess when you can’t run, you can use the time to sleep late instead. The rest of the week I focused on strength workouts—core, upper body, and PT-style bodyweight workouts. I tried a few bike classes, but I’m not sure that’s a “safe” activity.

When you can’t run, you usually go to the doctor, but I haven’t seen my ortho yet—I figure I’ll give it another week. From my symptoms, the mostly likely issue is a labral tear, which Dr. Google (the Mayo Clinic website) says can improve with time. 🤞

Weekly Run Down

Obviously, I dropped out of the Peloton challenge with Robin’s “yellow” classes—I will have to brave them another day when they won’t earn a badge.

Monday I stayed off my legs altogether and paired a 20 min core class with two 10 min upper body strength classes.

Tuesday I let my husband walk Scooby and did a trio of 10 min classes: core + upper body + barre.

Wednesday I took Scooby on a slow walk and added a 10 min lower body strength classes to my stack. I did the lunges without weights and my hip seemed OK with that.

Thursday I felt OK walking Scooby and decided to test out the bike with Hannah F’s new 10 min low impact class. I felt good, so I added a 5 min cool down class.

Friday I took Rebecca Kennedy’s glutes and legs class that starts with 7 min of floor work—including ye olde donkey kicks and fire hydrants.

Saturday I took a risk on CDE’s 30 min ride. I kept the resistance light and my cadence on the easy side—hopefully my hip won’t rebel later.

Don’t worry, I took Robin’s running class as a walk with Scooby!

A huge thank you to Deborah and Kim for hosting the Weekly Run Down link up.

I am planning another week of not running—I might try the RK strength + hike program Deborah likes. Speaking of which, don’t forget to join us for the June coffee date link up on Friday!