Is it in the groin area? Sounds like a groin pull. Whatcha been doing, Jewels??? It sounds pert-near a problem I had a few years ago. Ended up I pulled something when I hit a step wrong going up and put too much weight in my toes and not the whole foot and strained somethin'.

Jewels, don't know if this will help but Jonathan taught us this stretch called a bow. Lets see how can I descibe this, ok will try. Stand flat footed on the floor, bring your right leg behind your left leg and roll your ankle of the right leg so the outside is almost touching the ground, raise your arms to the sky, tilt at the waist and bring your arms to the left, you should look like a bow, like this )....... (like bow and arrow). Switch sides etc. to look like this (.

Aw, Jewels, sorry to hear that I don't have any advice, just want to send healing vibes (and encourage you to take it easy vibes) your way. I bet you'll bounce back within a week. Arla

Leslie, LOL!!! Preach it Sister Donutless!!! Yeah, you walked through the valley of the shadow of trans-fats, but you feared no cellulite. High fives all the way! That reminds me that the running route that our training group took last summer went right by a Krispy Kreme store. When I was huffing, puffing, and sweating like a pig, the smell coming from that place really wasn't too appetizing. Jewels, careful with that hip. Does it feel like it is "in" the joint (kind of a grating feel), or around the joint. Hopefully it's muscular...though that can take some time to heal as well. Hip flexor and/or femoral neck issues are what took me out for a couple of months. Maybe time to hit the books instead of the road for a little while. Glad school is going well for you! Hubby is going back in the fall to continue working on his accounting degree. I'm really proud of him, and of you for seizing the opportunity to pursue your goals. Run cut short by lightening this morning. But I got to run through a pasture after finding the horses I was sitting for had broken through a gate and were in the neighboring pasture. It's going to take more than me to get the gate back on it's hinges, so they are enjoying some neighbor grass until hubby can come with me this evening to try and secure them. Oh, and my new client failed to mention to me last night that they have a pet tarantula that they want me to "spritz" with water. Discovered this while revieing their paperwork last night. Never a dull moment!

3.1 easy miles,60 degrees, light showers distant thunder, maybe do weights tonite, off tommorow, 5k sat. I kinda want to run it as a training race but don't know if thats possible for me. Back in the day in the arena, when I backed my horse in I gave it the same effort, roping for quarters with friends or thousands at the rodeos. We shall see, , hometown race is about 11 days away, don't want to mess that up. SI talking just a little, will keep working on it with pt exercises. Peak mileage/effort was this week, after the hometown race I will probably cut back or take a week off with wheat harvest if the Great White Combine leaves us alone (hail). Leslie: HALLELUJAH!!!! Now myself I probably would have just gone for it. They have the best, freshest donuts at the convenience store I end up at on my long runs and I have to confess to succumbing to the sweet pleasures of the donut on occasion. Carol didn't know we could add horse wrangler to your title , I'd have to draw the line at tarantulas though. Hope your animals will stay in line long enough for you to get your runs in. Cindy glad you managed to sneak in some miles inbetween storms. You are like me not wanting to chance it with the lightning. I know so little about marathon training but what Arla said sure made sense. Jewels I used to travel to rodeos with a bull rider, he used to get problems like that, you haven't been secretly hitting the rodeo circuit now??? hope it gets well quick Joe way to maintain your base in the heat, I am sure Buddy appreciates his "water stops". Kelly wow your so bad , you made Jack do halfdome after Western States, isn't that like 16 mi round trip and 4k plus vertical?? I am impressed with anybody that can do that fully rested!! un huh Arla very interesting those studies about training mileage vs heart attack markers. I need to study those in more detail. Right now I have no interest in running a marathon but those ultra low mileage marathon plans seem kinda nuts to me too.

You guys really crack me up. Let's see, this weeks topics include,but not limited to, donuts,groins,bear poop, tarentulas,wild horses,and rodeo riding women. Buncha groin-pullin, pill-poppin, corn-haulin, horse -chasin, runnin- from- real life youngsters, I'd say..... ps- Jewels- I don't think it's possible to offend anyone here

TGIF everyone...... I started talking about the upper thigh, then explaining about the pain being in the "crease" at the upper thigh and then I talked about riding a bull and that's where I erased everything. It was just not coming out right. Anyway...got a shorty run in this a.m. Left thigh area good, right side so-so. Everyone enjoy your Friday and here's to some great runs! Jewels