It may be a hip flexor issue, but the hip, or neck of the femur more precisely, is an exceptionally nasty place to get a stress fracture. If you have any doubt get it checked out. In the mean time, check out Runner's World's 'What Hurts' tool:
http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/what...-0-0-0,00.html

or Cool Runnings 'Aches and Pains'

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_5/index.shtml

Anne

Well, cr@p, my post just mysteriously vanished. Here goes again.

Got in 2 continuous miles this morning. Leisurely 12:30/mile pace, but at least it was all running. I also have a mild headcold which is unpleasant, but the weather cooperated for once and the temp was about 72F and 80% humidity.

Only me, two sleeps left?? I'm excited for you! I know you'll do great!

Anne

Good luck Only Me!

I'm off to Prague for the weekend, probably won't run too much but the hotel has a gym so I might get a couple of workouts in if I'm good.

Yikes, tomorrow at this time I'll be standing with a few hundred other insane runners waiting for the race to start. There's a course limit of 5:30, so anything under that is great for me this time around. My dh is running the half marathon, so he'll be 21.1km up the course waiting for his race to start. His main goal is to beat my spring half marathon time. He's quite competitive for a guy who doesn't really train for races.

Great job on the 2 miles continuous run Anne!

Have fun in Prague Helen!

Anne

Only Me , GOOD LUCK

I got a run in this morning 5.5k it felt good then afterwards I hoped on the bike and did 22k...It's all good

I did 8 miles today and the application for the Flora London Marathon went in the post yesterday!

I'm done in just under 4:28 chip time. The first half was great, then the uphill from 23-29km was tough (much tougher than at km 2 of the half marathon last year!) but doable. I enjoyed the downhill at around 30km. I wasn't doing too badly until the pelvic pain that I experienced in my last two pregnancies came back around 34km, which slowed me down signficantly. In the end, I decided it hurt just as much to walk as it did to run but it running was slightly faster, so I slowly ran/jogged most of the way in. Dh and kids were near the finish line, and I ended up carrying my 2 year old across with me. She
apparently was not too happy to find grandma at home when she woke up instead of mommy and daddy. Other than some muscles spasms in my thigh when I first sat down to hold the 2 year old and eat/drink, and the pelvic pain, I'm not feeling too bad right down, no extrordinary soreness anyway. I think I might lose one toenail though.

Dh ran 1:46 something in the half, so now I have a goal for next spring (1:53:24 is my current half pb)

2 frustrated, it sounds like you've caught the insanity!

Only Me that's really good time... Sorry to hear about the aches and pains though

CONGRATS! Great job Only Me! I'm sure those little aches and pains will pass quickly. Did you get a beautiful big honking finisher's medal?

Anne

congrats Only Me! What a great thing to celebrate!

I got in my 9.5-miler (was planning 11) but alas, I didn't even come close to 30 miles this week...we had our a/c go out for a day or so and there was no way in heck i was going to run in our 90 degree house! so that was only 2 days of the week...what was my problem the other days? laziness!!!

oh well...i got in nearly 20 miles and i know i will do better this week.

Where is everybody--we almost got bumped off the front page!

I got in 2.5 this morning. DH is out of town so I had to take the dogs and that always means there are issues. But I did manage to run about 2 of the 2.5 including 3 long stretches.

Emily, 20 miles is nothing to sneeze at and it'll only get easier as it cools off. Only Me, how are you feeling?

Anne

thanks Anne - I know 20 miles isn't bad - just trying to motivate myself this week, i guess

I got in 7 miles last night (66 minutes) - will take tonight off and get more in tomorrow

Oh, that's not good... I'm going for a run this afternoon, it's a nice 16c outside... I'm aiming for at least 5k...

I'm feeling pretty good actually. Monday my legs felt pretty beat up. Tuesday I was still a bit sore, but I went for a 10k bike ride at my 7 year old's speed to visit a friend, and that really seemed to help loosen up my legs without hurting them. I was slightly sore when I got up this morning, but I went out for an easy 30 minute run and I'm feeling much better now. I still have a blood blister under the remains of one toe nail though. I'm already thinking about another race in 4 weeks time, although only a 5k.

Well done Only Me! I can't wait until I've done mine now, only one more long run to go before the taper.

I haven't run much, but I did do a quick 3 miler in prague, and 5 miles this morning to get back into the swing of things before Sunday's long run. Other than having to do that 20 miler it kind of feels like I'm tapering already, but hopefully some of my little niggles will have sorted themselves out.

I finally got round to getting myself a HRM/SDM, and I'm in love already. I like having new numbers to play around with, and I think for the taper I'm really going to make an effort to stick to sensible heart rate zones, then start doing some proper HR training afterwards.