I am in a world of hurt today! It was from the butt blasting workout yesterday-dang it! My hips are so tight and sore, I resemble one who is walking on stilts. I will be spending the weekend with a glass of wine and my foam roller (the wine is to serve as a "numbing agent"). If you haven't done the foam rolling process before, you should be warned that it can be very painful. Some describe it as "hurts so good" and yet I ask - "where's the good part?" Oh ya, I guess that part comes after you become consistent and are 'loosened up'. The serious part in all of this is that my IT band has been tight for a few weeks now and I HAVE to loosen it up in order to continue increasing my mileage - a tight IT band and put you out for months - NOT GOOD! So I guess I will accept my grimacing face as a regular nightly occurance for the next several weeks... this is going to be harder than my 20-22 mile training runs.