i broke my nalga

so, for those of you who don't recall, this past track season i started having issues with my hip. and so i started doing some IT band stuff to try and fix it, and it seemed to be working for a while. and then the pain kinda went away. so in the last month that i've been at home, i've noticed that the pain has started to come back (pretty badly at times, which worried me). yesterday was my appointment with my orthopedic, and he concluded that i have glutenous mediorous (sp) tendinitis. and so, to answer jen's question, "how do you get tendinitis in you're but?"...like any form of tendinitis it is over use of the tendon b/c the muscle is fatigued. and b/c of my plantars problems on my right side i'm over compensating on the left side (which is the hip that hurts), and so my "nalga grande" basically is tired, and so the tendons along the "side butt" are what are being overused, and i feel pain in my hip (the side, not the joint). in regards to training, i am still allowed to run (only until it hurts) and then i can always bike, swim, elliptical, and do w/e other cardio that doesn't put crazy stress on it.

sadly i can't say that my weekday workouts have been as productive as some others that i'm reading about...jen i am jealous...i go to the YMCA after dinner (b/c i'm scared to run in the dark by myself) and so that way i can lift afterward and use med balls for core and stuff like that. and then it starts the next morning at 5am for a short run before work. and i'm one of those people who has a really hard time functioning w/o 8 hours of sleep. so lately i've found myself sacrificing sleep for training and vice versa. work is great, but it is work nonetheless.

and on a more girly note...i was in san francisco last weekend w/ the sibling and the madre (sibling had to register for school)...and it is just not possible for me to go the city w/o doing some good shopping. my shoes were regularly $48, and i got them for $15...my jeans were regularly $50, and i got them for $20...and on haight st, i scored some nannette lepore for 20 bucks...it was exciting.

i wish you all a very happy 4th of July!