hip circles are doing more work than I gave them credit for

Been doing the same pre-run routine for about two years now and honestly never really questioned it. Ten minutes, nothing fancy — leg swings, hip circles, some slow heel raises, a bit of dynamic quad stretch. Just... habit. But last week I went out on the Langdale circuit and the first climb felt genuinely different. Legs woke up properly fast, no that stiff ten-minute grind before things loosen. And I think it was the hip circles — I'd been rushing them before, barely doing them. Properly slow ones this time, full range, both directions. I mean it's such a boring thing to notice but here we are. To be fair I also slept well the night before so who knows, might be that. But I'm keeping the slow hip circles in either way.