When I had my left hip replaced in 2004 I was told I would never be able to jog or run again. For 7 years I would actually have dreams that I was running. It isn't like I was an avid runner before I had my hip replaced, but I did enjoy being able to push my body in that exercise form. I tried running a few times in that 7 years, but every time I would end up with pain in my left hip.
Then something changed this year. Maybe it was the fact that I had been exercising with a coworker and I was able to jog in place. Maybe doing that motion built up the correct muscles. But somehow I was able to start jogging in little spurts at the beginning of this year.
I decided to start the Couch 2 5K program the last week of August. Amazingly enough my hip hasn't hurt during this whole past month of jogging. Today I was able to jog for 5 minutes straight, and and additional 6 minutes broken up over two spurts. I'm wondering if I'm crazy to have my ultimate goal be to run marathons.
