"You Have Inflexible Hips"

Thus began my visit to the Chiropractor and the diagnosis of my hip pain. He recommended some stretching exercises that should help after the adjustment. Thankfully, today's 5 miler was a little stiff but otherwise pain free.

When exactly did Montgomery turn into the Pacific Northwest? The outside runs are tremendously humid. The rain has only taken a slight edge off of the temperature and replaced it with the feeling that you are running through a wet towel. My shoes are even soaking up my sweat and the moisture from the ground and have gained weight recently. (They are the already heavy Brooks Beast).

I am running the course tomorrow with a slight modification of beginning and ending at the Downtown YMCA. Since the course goes right by the Y on Perry, I can run it with the only difference being that the Adams Hill will now be at the front of the run. I do not think I will lose anything so long as I leave enough in the tank to tackle that hill at the end of the half marathon.

We are only two weeks away from the run, making this week the perfect time to run 13.1 before tapering off to run the race. Keep up the training and make sure you run Jefferson/Upper Wetumpka/Yancey and Perry/Adams to know what to expect when you see those hills during the race.