My hip op and after

I had my hip replacement operation on 23/11/2018. The op was well done & successful. I was out of hospital within 48 hours and walking on crutches straight away. I progressed to one crutch and then none within about 6 weeks, but got blood clots close to my heart which delayed things a bit. I was walking increasing distances 3 times a day and moved on to an hours’ walk at a time mostly in our local woods after about 8 weeks. By 3 months, I’d started to run a few steps, building up slowly. By 4 months I was doing half an hour or so jogging. I’m now jogging up to 80 minutes a time at least twice a week. I’ve started the occasional genuine running, but I can feel that my muscles aren’t doing enough yet to keep pressure off the new joint, so that will take a while longer, as the muscles continue to strengthen. However, just being able to jog without pain and at a distinctly faster pace than immediately before my op is wonderful. I doubt whether I’ll be doing any races (I passed my 70th birthday in the middle of this) as I’m never going to get to a speed fast enough for me. Nor do I expect to run longer distances than 10K. But just being able to run freely through the woods and fields, and even being able to tackle some steep hills, is enough.