I felt my adductor "strain" on Saturday (on my PM run) -- I was very worried. On Sunday, I could feel it, and it got worse by the end of the run, but I did not want to abort the run. Finally, the last mile I felt it "seize" and I had to stop and stretch. I was pretty sure it got worse with both intensity and hills. Yesterday was my day off and I went to my ART guy -- he said that the adductor and gracilis were pretty inflammed ... he worked what he could but told me to back off a little this week and see if I can get the inflammation to go down a little. It was most likely caused because I changed my gait last week when my foot flared up so badly -- so we worked on my achilles and PF too (it was very very painful). So - today I ran on the wood chip path in Liberty Park - I told myself I would quit if I felt any pain in my adductor/groin at all. I kept the pace at 9 - 9:15 pace and it felt ok. I got bored though and kept speeding up - it was hard to stay on pace. I do have to say my stride felt really funny when I was running more slowly, and much more 'natural' when I hit 8:45 pace ... I am just SOOOO thankful I can run at all. I iced as soon as got home -- I think I will do the same tomorrow and then see if I can up it a little bit on Thursday (either pace or mileage) - some time in between movers, packers and bathroom contractors. Happy Tuesday bloggers. | 