Interesting article, thanks.

I attempted running late last year/ early this year -- I got running shoes, attended a running clinic, and joined a beginner's 5K training group at a local running store.

I initially had a sore right knee (ths was before I got the shoes and attended the running clinic), which cleared up with rest, and then, a couple of weeks into the 5K training group, my right hip started hurting. I worked with the running group coach -- the store owner -- and he suggested I see a PT.

Well. I have a high-deductible health plan and I pay for pretty much everything until I hit the yearly out-of-pocket max, which of course I'm willing to do for the important things, but frankly, trying to figure out why I injure so easily running is not in that category. It's probably a muscle imbalance &/or a leg-length discrepancy (I do actually have a slight length imbalnace, it's never caused me trouble in the past but I've never tried running before) but I'm not inclined to invest the time & $$ in PT or orthotics or sports massages to try to figure it all out. So I dropped out of the running group. Eh, I tried.

I've been doing some hiking with DH, which is much more important to me and I don't intend to jeopardize that more than I have by messing up my hip.

And, turns out cycling does not bother my hip at all ... probably a not-so-subtle hint that I should go back to that.