An 'aha' moment

Well, I think I've figured out why the treadmill bothers my hip. I believe that I over-extend my stride when I'm on the treadmill, for some reason. I was running at the Y a couple of nights ago and my hip started bothering me pretty much right away. After a couple of miles, though, it felt a little better and shortly after that I realized that I had unknowingly shortened my stride. I focused on keeping my stride short for the rest of the workout and the hip pain didn't come back. Now, one data point does not a theory make so I'll have to see how this plays out in future runs but I'm hopeful that I have a solution. Of course, if the weather would just improve then I wouldn't have to run on the damn treadmill anymore and that would be an even better solution.