I love running in the woods - gets me outside and surrounded by nature. There is something very primal about running in the woods, jumping over rocks and roots, seeing whatever there is to see! It is a great form of stress relief and gets my focus back to the present moment.

The problem is I can't seem to run right now without tweaking my left hammie, way up high at the insertion point. It isn't bad, quite mild actually, but very persistent. None of my other activities appears to aggravate it...hopefully if I don't run for the next week I will be ready for the Dirty Girl. If not, well, I will walk it! I've been told my form doesn't seem to be off, which helps. That IS, however the same side where I've some ankle flexibility problems from a large foot surgery in 2004. Beginning to wonder if that is the problem, but time will tell.

I AM listening to my body - which might actually be a surprise given my track record here