Sunday was the dreaded Cool Runners 10k. I say dreaded because I wasn't feeling fully OK. Even though I had given myself a break of 10 days from running in the hope that my adducter muscle would right itself, it hadn't quite.
I have never felt quite so blah before a race. Normally, the bib expo is when all the nervous excitement peaks but this time round, it did nothing to dissipate the "blah" feeling. The previous night, I just went through the motion of sprucing up my shoes, putting together my race gear and I performed all of my pre-race routine by rote. I woke up in the morning feeling like I would on any other regular training run day. I didn't even feel like taking my ritual pre-run photo.
Throughout the run everything was good & hunky dory. It was hot, humid and sweltering but I was running at my comfort pace. I knew that I would finish around or a little slower than my PB but didn't want to push myself to go faster. My finishing time was 1:09:47 but it was the last thing on my mind. My hip adducter definitely felt strained and started feeling tighter with the passing hours.
This is definitely a strange injury to have. There is no major pain as such - it just feels weird and uncomfortable. As long as I'm moving it is fine but when I get back up after sitting down or lying down for a while, it starts to nag. A short dose of Yoga this morning relieved some of the tightness but unfortunately all I can do now is rest it out till it returns to being completely normal.
It was while I was feeling particularly bummed out that I decided to check out the race results online and surprise! surprise! I discovered that I had made it to the leader board in the 10K women's open category. I came 7th of all the 197 women who ran in the open category!! Picked me up a bit.
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