Cleared to run

April 10, 2007 by jon.

Well, sort of…  I saw Dr. Mark today and he said my hips looked pretty good.  At least they really aren’t to bad for alignment.  This means I can run a little more.  I have been doing between 8-10 miles a week.  Now to ramp it up…slowly.

Last time I saw Dr. Mark, he recommended the book Core Performance. 

I got it and have been doing some exercises from it.  Good stuff.  Now I actually need to start doing some of the training routines in the book to really see the benefit. 

Basically it is stretches and exercises to strenghten the core.  This will help keep my hips aligned, my posture straight and help me run better.  I can’t wait for that, but I need to do the book.  (Of course, I lent it to a neighbor so I have to wait until it comes back)

Hopefully soon I’ll have a routine in place that will get my core in shape and my hip and back problems will go away.  Then onwards and upwards with running.

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