Training - by Sarah

My hip feels really great today! In fact, I was at the grocery store this morning and jogged to get a cart (I had to move fast, since the children were in the car still :-)) and it didn't really hurt a bit. I thought I should put in writing though that I am definitely not doing the marathon in March. After not running for almost 6 weeks now, I don't think it would be healthy for my body to "cram" for a marathon. But, probably in about 2 weeks I will start running again. I want to wait until there is no pain in my hip when I run, and then wait another week or so after that. So, I predict that happening in about 2 or 3 weeks at this point. When I begin running again, I plan on running 3 or 4 days a week and only about 12 or 15 miles a week, with my "long" runs being no more than 4 miles. My plan is to get a pretty good 5K time and an okay 10K time this year. Maybe next year I will train for a half marathon or marathon. Thanks so much Lindsey for making me into a runner from now on! I can't wait to run my first marathon with you guys someday!