My baffling hip. And other nuisances.

Last night my hip was really pissed off. This morning it let me know it was still unhappy.

Then I met with TTT, did our workout and an hour and 10 minutes on the ARC and it feels much, much better. It seems that moving it is a good thing, but then again, the running yesterday seemed to worsen things. What are you saying, hip?

This is where I realize that a conscious relationship with one's body can be much like a dysfunctional relationship with a human being. Hard to tell when the truth is being told, or when mind games are being played, when the pain is self-generated or what. Thing is, I really, really want to run this marathon. I could rest the hip, but for how long? And will that mean I can't run the race?

My idea now is to run fewer times per week, but keep up the mileage best I can; and do more cross training, since the low-impact cardio I've been doing in the form of DVD workouts and the ARC machine seem to be relatively fine.

I'll also keep praying for a miracle: that my hip be completely healed.

I also have started to wonder if the Glucosamine Chondroitin supplements I started two and a half weeks ago aren't somehow inflaming my joints. I think I'll stop taking it and see what happens.

Last night I met all kinds of people in the new program, and they all seem nice, interesting and outgoing, especially for a group of writers. You just never know. The teaching situation is sorted: I'll be teaching Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday mornings and taking classes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday nights. I have a student ID but no parking tag, and I'm finally, truly looking forward to the very busy and exciting months ahead. I still have to draft a syllabus by tomorrow morning, not to mention file three stories for the paper. . . .

By the way, anybody heard of any fabulous restaurants that must be tried in the SF Bay area? Sid, Carlos and I will be headed there come November, and while Sid's done a marvelous job researching joints online, I always feel better with a personal recommendation or at least an independent review or two. . . .

Merci beaucoup!