Running again!

Having been laid low by back pain, I just yesterday was able to return to running (with the approval of my physical therapist) for the first time since June 29. I only did a short and slow run of 2.1 miles ... but it felt good to be out there again! The consensus was that my right hip was hiked up way higher than the left (due to a tightening of the QL, or quadratus laborum, muscle), thus shortening that leg and altering my gait. This caused a weakness in the joint between two of my lower vertebrae. We're now working on it.
This picture shows my running form at a MUCH younger age - doing the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, September 30, 1984, when I was just a whelp of 27.