I made it to the track today. Had a nice 7 1/2-minute mile warmup, and then a good set of stretches. As soon as I started the mile itself, however, my adductor flared up. I get the pain right at the top of my stride, when my left thigh is closest to horizontal. I didn't want to stop, so I had to alter my stride so my thigh did not rise as high. Very disappointing. Here are my lap times:
lap 1: 1:23
lap 2: 1:29
lap 3: 1:31
lap 4: 1:28
I don't know whether to take a month off to try to heal it, or try to run through it. I did a couple of cooldown laps and stretched again, but I was so unhappy with my times I decided to run a fast quarter, to see if I could even break 1:20. I managed to do a 1:16.1, which made me feel a little better, but not much considering my goal is to average 1:15 for four laps. Feels like a long way off. I'm going to check in with a physical therapist to see if I can get some guidance on healing.
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Mate, that injury is really mullering you. You should focus more on repairing and strengthening that than times and distance. I pulled a hamstring last year and have a recurring adductor/hip prob and know its frustrating. Btw, whats your route for the 'london parks'? And how come you're running both sides of the atlantic, switching sides a lot for business? (btw, i'm Anomander on 43things)
hi, Anomander
i think you are right about the adductor. I'm going to see a physical therapist to get some help. I also want to make sure I am not doing more damage by continuing my long, slow runs, which feel ok.
The main reason I am in London a lot is that my kids live there (I lived there for ten years before moving back to Boston). Luckily, I travel a lot for work, and I can usually route that through London. My normal London parks run is the perimeter around Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens (route is here: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=721631). Easy to extend that through Green Park, St James', and along the river for marathon training as well.
I see.. looks a nice run. I worked for 9 months at the top of Campden Hill Road and never realised just how close Hyde Park and a lot of the surrounding area's are. As a non driver you get a really weird disjointed geography of islands in the city. I think you're doing the right thing in the long run (no pun intended!). Just think how great it'll be being able to push your body and not keep thinking you're gonna pull it again!
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