A Test...Not Exactly Passed

So I went for a run last night. Just a little one - once around the mulch track at China Creek park - but it didn't go as well as I had hoped. I had been feeling better and, planning this little test days in advance, I pictured myself falling right back into stride as if nothing had ever happened, going on to complete the 6 K at tempo that was on my running schedule for yesterday. Of course that didn't happen. I wasn't really expecting it to. That would have been some kind of miracle.

But I was also not expecting my hip to start hurting - throbbing actually - just 5 strides into my test run. I finished the lap (about 400 m, I think) and the pain never got any worse, but it certainly didn't go away either.

To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement. Devastated is more like it. I've been good about resting and haven't ran for a month now, but I was counting on this being all cleared up by September so that I could still have 2 solid months of training and now that doesn't look like it's going to happen.

To make matters worse, I'm not even sure what the next steps are. I'm going to get my doctor to order a bone scan to determine if it actually is a fracture and if it is then all I can do it rest some more. If it isn't then I guess we need to try something new, but who knows what. I'm already throwing everything I have at this and it's going no where.

I also thought that I would be able to meet my fundraising goal by the due date, which is the end of August, but I'm still $850 off. Part of that is because I haven't felt very confident asking people to sponsor my marathon when it's pretty clear I'm having trouble walking.

Blah. At least it's sunny today. And hot. Too bad there is a big storm cloud over my head right now.