Moving in the Right Direction, But Still Fighting the Hammy

I woke up today feeling really good. I wasn't sure how it would work after moving up to 20 minutes yesterday, but i was pleasantly surprised.

I have been spending so much time on hips and core it isn't even funny. I know i say that often, but i've been doing literally about 40 minutes of strengthening a day, 10 minutes of flexibility and probably another 10 minutes of soft tissue work. About an hour a day on just my hips/alignment/muscle imbalances. It has to be working though because things seems to be moving in the right direction.

I went to the gym this morning and did some chest lifting, as well as my standard hip/core program. I knew it would be nicer this afternoon weather wise, so i decided to put off the run. This also gave me a "double" workout of sorts.

After missing out on finishing 3 miles yesterday due to my hammy, i was determined that today would be the day. I went to Dionne track in Woonie to keep it ghetto style. I went 8:18, 7:38, 7:32. I swear I was flying. I thought for sure i was going like 6:45 pace or so. Not so much. Anyway, i felt really strong and deliberate. Of course this was all until the last lap. About 100m into the last lap i started to feel the hammy tighten up again. This was 22 minutes in, so i made it 4 minutes further than yesterday before it happened. I'm looking at this as progress. The plan is to keep it at 3 miles for the rest of the work week. If things stay consistent, i won't feel the hamstring for the rest of the week, but then when I move up to 4 miles i will feel it. I guess we'll have to see. Regardless, things are moving in the right direction.