Well, Poop.

Whether I've been training too hard, or my new shoes don't quite sit right (although they feel pretty comfy) or something else caused me to get out of whack, my hip pain is back.

In the other hip, oddly enough. The PT who did the gait analysis in my running class said she thought I was in good alignment but might have one leg slightly longer than the other. Go figure. But that doesn't explain the hip pain if the hip pain hops from side to side, does it.

After consulting the good Dr. Google, I am thinking it might be iliopsoas tendonitis.

Trying to decide what next. Do I start the string of doctor visits that may or may not end up in a diagnosis and treatment? Do I visit a chiropractor? Do I maybe pursue online consulting from www.egoscue.com? Do I take a Chi Running course? Do I just try to back off the plan and work on the alignment and stretching exercises?

Blah blah, I have to admit it's discouraging, when things were going so well, to be lurching around like Frankenstein today. Dr. Google suggests that, if it IS iliopsoas tendonitis, it might take weeks or months to really heal. And who knows, maybe that's not even what it is.

My race is a little over a month away. Will I be able to run it?

It's hard to *become* a runner when you're doing your best to do what it takes and something like this comes up. Makes me wonder if maybe I wasn't cut out to become a runner after all. Those kids back in 8th grade who told me I was a total athletic 100zR and should just quit track ... maybe they were right.