Maybe you shocked your body into recovery with the fast 5k pace. Congrats!
Zelanie, D, D^2, Sly, She Can - thanks
Baboon, Jack - on a scale of ass fineness, where 0 includes People of Walmart and 10 is Beyonce... wait, what was the question? The pain is way down. Not 100% yet, but *much* better.
Lily - it was difficult to spend so little time doing what has become my method of maintaining sanity.
Fuzzy - Yes. It's easy to fall into the trap of achieving a goal and immediately starting after another without thinking about what the previous one took out of the body.
Brr - cool, hope you can go back now that you're fast
LTH - The biggest surprise was just how therapeutic the bike became, and how quickly it seemed to help. Increased blood flow without further stress to the injury, maybe? I also did some massage, working as far into the opening of the hip as possible, and found a spot that felt like tangled, taut rubber bands. The next day was the first without sharp pain.
RedRum - but, there's coffee downstairs from the pain cave.
B+ - Hopefully, can't let it think that sloth is ok.
Don't go talking bad about sloths now! They are adorable creatures.