Week 19 " Still feeling the same"

It could just be me but things are not looking or feeling to good. My hip is not responding to the medication that was prescribed and noone is responding to my pleas for help. Speaking with my doctor last week he finally set me up for a physical therapy appointment but when I called for said appointment it was for March 23rd. I tried to explain to the person on the other end of the phone that March 23rd wasn't an option so he gave me another physical therapy office to call, they were not much better coming in for March 19th. Again I told the other person my story of training for the marathon but it fell on deaf ears. So without really knowing what is wrong with my hip other than it hurts when I run, and the day after I run, I went out for a test run of 5 miles on Friday. It was the first time I had run in 9 days. I had a good stretch before I went out and within the first 3 strides I had pain in the hip/groin area but I kept going. Without any advice to fall back on I felt the need to run. After the 5 miles I again took the time to stretch and felt OK. Saturday the pain was back and I delt with it. So on Sunday without much pain after waking up I went out for a longer run of 8 miles again feeling the need to run. And once again within the first 2-3 strides I felt the pain in my hip/groin area. Now this is not excrutiating pain but it is more than just aches and pains. Again without knowing if I am making it worse or not I settled into a good rythm and finished the 8 miles. After stretching the hip/groin area remained tender all day.

Now on Monday I finally found someone that can see me on Wednesday the 11th. I am hopefull that some thing can be done for pain and that it will not impact my training too much.

So for training last week I did 13 miles.

On a better note I did have some more donations come in from my son Colin's third grade class, John and Ann Marie Locke, The Rotary Club of Medford and Courtney Locke.
With these donation I have surpassed my goal of $12,000. Thank You to all that have donated and made this possible.

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