One full hour

I was dreading today's run and anticipating it at the same time. 5 minute warm up, 60 minute run, 5 minute cool down and 4 x 100-m/30 second intervals. The dread came from jumping from a 40 minute run on Thursday to 60 minutes today. Not being sure if I could run that long. Wondering if my hip would allow me to even run at all. It's been painful when I walk, so I wasn't counting on finishing the run today. I got out there and started my 5 minute walk and was pretty slow compared to my pace for the 10 minute walk. It got a little easier with each step. Started running, shuffling, gimping along and told myself that I would at least go 10 minutes to see if my hip felt any better. It did. Every once in awhile a step would hurt, but for the most part it was good. I hit the 30 minute mark and couldn't tell it had been hurting before. I got bored on the track about 40 minutes in, so I headed up the hill and out the gate. Went out to the major road on the sidewalk up to the next light. Ran through parts of the town of Inman. Missed the turn that I planned on taking when I drove the area go see if the sidewalk went all the way around. So, since I missed that turn, I made a random turn before I got to Main Street and hoped it would put me out somewhere close to where I was parked. It did! I have no idea how far that part of my run was, but it kept me from looking at my watch every lap and seriously wondering if I was going to finish the run. My pace was slower than normal today because of my hip. I'm glad it was slower, though, because I'm not sure I would have run the whole thing. My total distance this morning was 5.44 miles with 4.53 of it being the hour-long run and only 0.44 of a mile was walking. Interval distance total was 0.47 of a mile. Unfortunately, my hip really started hurting when I was done running and got in the truck to come home. I popped a couple ibuprofen and that helped a little, but after any length of time sitting, it hurts to walk. At the moment, I've got ice on it and am about to go soak in a hot bath with a book.