Like any normal person I hate getting injured. And like any regular runner I feel that the worst part of an injury is that it keeps you from running. Remember my TWCM Half Marathon? I got to the start line in a mad rush and there just wasn't enough time to do my warm up properly? Post-run I experienced a mild strain (not my first) in my right hip adducter. It was so mild and negligible that I deliberately ignored it and talked myself into thinking I was imagining it. Though I confess that in the back of my mind I knew all along that it was something.
I didn't allow it to stop me from running. I even ran the Auroville half marathon just two weeks later. I had been training like everything was normal. I did not even acknowledge the strain. I didn't have to because I was running fine with it and the strain was just a very mild irritation that I would feel if I sat idle for too long. I would however consciously spend more time doing the hip adducter static stretches post run and more dynamic versions pre-run focusing on those muscles. You can find some of those here
But after my speed-training on Tuesday, the "mild strain" felt more pressing. I would still class it as "mild" but it is alarming enough to force me into a week of rest. Yoga, Zumba and maybe some cycling it is till the cool runners 10K on March 20th.
Sigh! Why do I do this to myself.
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