Monthly Archives: November 2011

After my run on Monday, my hips really started to bother me; to the point that it hurt to walk. So, I talked to a few people, and did some internet research on the most common running injuries. It turns out that the likely culprit for my pain is my IT bands. My awesome neighbor, Kristine, let me borrow her foam roller last night, and I think it might be helping. So I went out tonight and bought my own. Hopefully this little roller will be a good new friend and will help get me running again. (I haven’t run since Monday). I’ll keep ya’ll posted!

Have any other runners had problems with hip pain? Their IT bands? What did you do to treat it? Leave me a comment

I had a great time at the 42nd Annual Mesa Turkey Trot today! It was the longest run I have ever done (10K/6.2 miles). I’ll be honest and say that it wasn’t one of my best runs. You definitely can’t control when you have a great day and when you don’t; so I did the best I could, didn’t stop (although I had several moments when I wanted to), and finished in 1:00:48. That is about a 9:40 mile, which is the same pace as my 5K, which made me very happy despite it being a rough day. My friend, co-worker, and running coach Owen and his girlfriend Drea, and our friend and co-worker Devin all got our butts out of bed this morning bright and early for the Trot. Tom the Turkey (dressed in a head to toe turkey costume) ran the 45:00 10K, and anyone who was able to beat Tom got a certificate! Too cute! It was overall a very fun morning, and a great way to start off a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! Check out the pics:

That’s one lucky turkey! Did you run a Turkey Trot this year? Leave me a comment and tell me where it was and how it went!

I am so excited that I am training to run in the PF Changs Rock’n'Roll Half-Marathon in January here in Phoenix! I have never been a long-distance runner; in fact, I used to HATE running! I had to run when I was on Purdue Dance Team for conditioning, but we only ran for 20 minute after practice. So why in the world am I training for a half-marathon, you ask? I know, I thought I was crrazy at first, too. I have been hiking like a mad woman since I started to hike this past March. When I got bored on the level parts of the trails, I started to run. The running got easier and easier, the more I did it.Then, I volunteered to give flu shots at the 2011 Phoenix Aids walk back in October. My colleague that did the flu shots with me was registered for the 5K, and I found myself wishing I was, too! As a result, I signed up for my first 5K, and started running more often. I completed my first race, the Women’s Running Magazine 5K, on November 6th in 30:00. Not a ridiculous time by any means, but not too bad, either. I really enjoyed the race, and am now addicted! My next race is the Mesa Turkey Trot 10K this Thursday. I am blessed enough to have some great friends joining me this time so I won’t be running alone . I’ll definitely post some pics from the Turkey Trot in my next post!