Morning, pens!

Confession time- I have been living with piriformis pain, or something like it, for most of this year.  I just decided to live with it because I don't feel it at all when I'm running, after my warmup.  I feel it more when I've been sitting a lot, especially if I cross my legs, so it's a good reminder to get up out of the chair more often.  I don't know if it's really piriformis or what, but it mostly hurts right where my hamstring meets my hip.  It didn't even go away when I took all that time off for my knee!  Neither the sports doc or the PT seemed to concerned about it, so I just deal.  It's not getting worse and may be gradually getting better.

What helps are the piriformis stretches, and different ones work better at different times.  Also, I have a baseball that I roll on.  That does the most for it.  I am thinking my PT exercises with the bands probably help it over time, and I am keeping up with those.

I got my 1:00 plank done, and will run 10 closer to this evening.

Jimmy- Do you have a roller?

Bin- Sounds like fun!  Moon cakes sound yummy.

Traci- Maybe alternate different workouts for different areas, so that you don't feel like you're doing too much every day?

Jack- Enjoy the recovery run.

D- Sorry to hear the Hershey is having such a rough time!  Hope that you are able to get him home soon!

Mickey- Wow, you have had a week!  I'm sorry that running is adding to the stress for you instead of providing stress relief.  I bet the shin pain is the old shoes.  I have had a pair of shoes at least feel like it made a difference in a single run.

Have a great day, Jerry!  Congratulations!

Just kicking it today and recovering a bit.  Today was an easy 2 1/2 hour run.  It turned out to be 16 1/2 miles.  Not shabby.  Next weekends long has so many tempo miles....ugh.  It should end up being about 19 miles.  I hope it's cool out.

Jack, your buddy is lucky, most times something like that happens, it strips the finger of the skin. It's a policy at my work, No Wedding Rings. If you ever have seen a picture, it will make you think! Be warned, if you Google it, it's quite gross.

Mickey, wow, busy week. Hope everyone will be okay.

Jimmy, did you say heel was hurting? Bottom? If so, that sounds like maybe PF.

Traci, I cannot believe this is happening to you, I'm very sorry and hope you can figure something out.

Zel, have fun on the 10. I think that I have that piriformis/sciatic stuff sometimes too. I can feel a "twinge" sometimes deep in the glute kinda where it connect to the hammy.

13.1 mile LR done at 10:37 pace(2:17). My foot feels very good while running. It's a little stiff/sore now, but not painful. This will give me a little over 30 for the week, which is the first time my weekly mile have been that high since May.

Mitch, strong HM LR. You are coming back strong.