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got home late from work (around 8:00ish) and the gym was closed, so i just did core work and 5x20 pushups instead. i was going to put it off until tomorrow, but then i realized it would probably be another late day.

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ran a trail in the morning before work. still feel out of shape. my left hip flexor was really sore after running and i had to stretch it out after running and again after walking to the train station.

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went into work late to see my doctor. he said, as expected, that the mri of my lower back showed no abnormalities. he said that this is good, but it still leaves us with no definite place to target for physical therapy. he wants me to go see a specialist friend of his to do a video gait analysis of my running form to see if the way i run is the cause of the problem. he said that at this point, either this is the problem or i have nerve damage from running on it when i should have stopped. i'm not really sure what i want to do now. at this point, my doctor has put me through multiple tests with no actual therapy. he has said numerous times that physical therapy is the "end route" but i still haven't started it. he wants to wait to see what to target so it will be effective, but everything so far has come up negative. i think i might just try to get a sports massage to break up any scar tissue and then go from there. i can look up physical therapy routines online (i think), although it would obviously be better to do it with a specialist. seeing ivo's doctor is the next step i think. a video gait analysis doesn't sound worthwhile. i've been running for 8 years and this is the first year i've had this problem. and i wasn't even running high mileage at the time. i will ask tom when i send him my running log to see what he thinks. to make a bad day worse, i got a parking ticket for not using a meter at bryn mawr hospital and i didn't get out of lab until 10:00. it was a great day.

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moved out early so i could go to lab and finish up my work and be home at a reasonable hour. got out at five and got home by seven. i didn't feel that drained, so i decided to lift when i got home. i was imaging a bunch of fish today in lab and i was sitting in a chair for over 6 hours, so my hamstring really hurt when i was walking to the train station. it went away within the hour though.

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tried to run but my knee tendonitis was giving me problems. i thought taking off for so long would reduce that issue as well, but apparently not. i decided that running a shitty 2 miles wasn't worth making it worse, so i just turned around and did jossi-cising when i got back.

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lifted, did core, and did jossi-cising in the morning.

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did core work and jossi-cising before running. i ran around 9:00 and it was really humid, accentuating my out-of-shape-ness. i did 5x20 push-ups later on.

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did core work, lifting, jossi-cising, and stretching in the morning. also did a lot of yard work today. mowing the lawn started to hurt my hamstring toward the end.

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ran around 9:30. already really hot. did jossi-cising and stretching before running.

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did lifting, stretching, jossi-cising, and 2xcore work. doing one set of core exercises isn't enough anymore, so I'm bumping it up. usually i just do 10 minutes or so of variations of six-inches and leg raises, so i'm doing that twice a day instead of once. at Tom and Ivo's recommendation, I made an appointment with the miracle doctor Rob Mahon next week. hopefully he's worth the money.

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did core work and jossi-cising. i'm going to work at the summer camp alec runs next week and i'll be staying at his house, so i probably won't be able to do any lifting and will probably slack off on core work. i'm seeing Rob Mahon on Thursday.

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didn't do anything today.

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didn't do anything.

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didn't do anything

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didn't do anything.

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saw Rob Mahon. he found a few problems: the main problem was that my right leg was a half inch shorter than my left leg due to muscle tension/compression. this in turn made my right foot turned inward so i would land on the outside of my foot on footstrikes. in addition, my quads were absurdly tight. he said my tight quads would reduce leg extension when running and would also contribute to the problem. i'm still not quite sure how this resulted in my left leg having hamstring problems, but i trust him. he massaged my hamstring and said that it was actually pretty smooth, which means no tear or scar tissue. while the middle was smooth, the part closest to my knee was really tense and that was also the part that was giving me problems. he stretched me out and corrected the problems and he gave me some stretches to do on my own to correct the problems. he said that i could start running immediately as long as i kept on doing the stretches and that i shouldn't have any problems after a few weeks if i stick with the stretches. he also said that he recommends taking epsom salt baths to reduce inflammation instead of icing because icing can damage nerves and cause pain in and of itself, especially in runners with low body fat.

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last day working at camp.

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did Rob's stretches, ran, bought a stretching band, and did some core work.

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stretched, used the stretching band, and ran. ran much faster today than i have recently (two miles in 15:30 as opposed to the usual 16:1x). my hamstring hurt a lot after running but felt better as the day went on.

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stretched before running and did lifting and core after running. i was really tired and thought i was going slow but i ran around the same time as yesterday. my hamstring hurt after running but went away after an hour or so. i took an epsom salt bath as per Rob's advice before going to bed.

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took a day off. i don't want to jump into running too fast. i did all the stretching stuff that Rob suggested and i did some core work as well.

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wanted to run today but didn't get the chance. my mom's work needed help because they got a gigantic contract so i'm going in probably until the end of summer to help cut and move 50lb pieces of cable. manual labor sucks. i couldn't run when i got home because grace is leaving for school tomorrow so i had to leave for her house after getting done. i did stretched in the morning. its probably a good thing i didn't get to run because my hamstring was in severe pain all day. it felt just as bad as it did at its worst during spring track. i had to stretch it frequently throughout the day.

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tried to stretch in the morning before work, but my body ached too much to make it worth it. i thought it would do more harm than good. i'll probably stop lifting until school starts or until the workload decreases. this job is a workout out in and of itself. i took advil before work which helped a ton and i was able to stretch and run when i got home. i ran the two miles in 15:00, which is a lot faster than i had been doing. it felt about the same effort, so i think its time to bump it up a little bit and start doing 3-4 miles instead. i took an epsom salt bath after running. my hamstring didn't hurt as much today. not sure if its because i didn't do the stretches until after work.

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had an easier day at work today. we mixed in some less strenuous stuff with the wire cutting. my arms are still sore, but my hamstring felt fine. i stretched and ran when i got home. my hamstring hurt a little by the end. also did core work and took an epsom salt bath.

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did a shorter run today because my hamstring started to hurt. i slept 12.5 hours last night, which i think is the most i ever slept without being sick/having a bad migraine. i stretched before running and took an epsom salt bath before going to bed.

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lifted and did core work in the morning. stretched before running. my hamstring hurt a bit towards the end. i iced it after running and took an epsom salt bath later on.

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stretched early and then ran. i wash hoping that running early would make it cooler, but it was really humid. i felt pretty tired/out of shape, but my hamstring didn't hurt. i also mowed the lawn later on, which also didn't hurt my hamstring. i took an epsom salt bath before going to bed.

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didn't run today. i scheduled my day off today because i had a dentist appointment after work. stretched after work.

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didn't run today either. my uncle came home from his job in Kuwait (he used to be an air force plane technician and decided to still work overseas after he retired because the pay is better there) and he made a surprise visit to our house, so i spent time after work hanging out with him. stretched after work.

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stretched and ran after work. this is the first pain free day of running i've had since starting up again. it looks like everything is working. it still feels tight when i stretch it, but there is zero pain while running, which is a huge step forward.

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felt ok in the beginning but my stomach was hurting towards the end. i stretched before running and did core work later on. my hamstring felt fine.

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