I cut the work out short due to the 1.5 hours I spent shoveling the driveway. My upper arms and back ache! Two days in a row shoveling 5 or more inches off the driveway and sidewalks. If I could just get a second away during the day to ski on it instead of just haveing to shovel it off my driveway I wouldn't be so mad. But after all that hard work with the snow shovel, I realized that I really should live on a farm. I'm much better cut out for manual labor than anything else. Today my friend Jim and I had an ongoing disucssion about PT vs. Cortisone. I'll need to start running in earnest at the end of the month to get myself in gear for Moab --but my hip still bothers me. So he's suggested better core work (remember, the problem with the hip started with my lower back which caused me to ruin my hamstring, which then ruined my hip.) Core work....he's right. He sent me this link: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/Article-detail.asp?Articleid=486 and also the 100 push ups program: http://www.hundredpushups.com/ So, in addition to the stretching, I may be working on 100 push ups, and core. Certainly couldn't hurt my hip any more--Althought, I'm not convinced I should keep avoiding the cortisone or the MRI. It could be scar tissue to blame and I really didn't go through the whole process....I'm sick of doctors for this year. I'll give PT one more round this week and next before I do the cortisone though. | 
