Monday 29 March 2010

Hip imposing limit on mileage ;(

Well I nearly made it. On my 18mile run I started to feel my knee on my operated side especially going down hill. This happened at about 14 miles and by mile 15 I could run onto the leg without it feeling like it was going to give way. I called Alan, my wonderful hubby to come rescue me and went home in a bit of a sulk. I had only been a mere 3 miles off a successful session.

I rested it for a week and a half and got some chiro and some rolfing. I would have killed for a good sports massage but short of an outer body experience that wasn't going to happen. My hamstring was tight and I focussed on that as the problem source.

I tried out a run for 12 mins and found that was fine, so I did a 4 mile run and that was fine too. Encouraged I set out on my final long run of 20miles with some friends in tow - for the first part at least. I had picked a very beautiful and interesting - but fairly tough route around the reservoirs near Harrogate. I could feel my knee progressively more troublesome throughout the run. At 10miles my leg started to fail me and feel like it was giving way again. Gutted, I walked 2 miles back to the car and consoled myself with a Sunday lunch.

The interesting thing was that once I'd got home and showered it wasn't my knee that hurt in the slightest, but I could really feel my groin/hip, every time I loaded the leg - even while walking. And I realised that the whole time it had been my poor hip that had been getting inflammed with the high mileage.

So the marathon is off the agenda. I may well do the half marathon on the day depending on how the next couple of weeks go, or I could just be chief supporter and camera woman as my hubby does the race. I will see Louise the physio tomorrow and she will be able to tell me if its just inflammation or whether there is something else going on. Fingers crossed for diagnosis of inflammation and solution of resting!

Disappointed about the marathon but it was always going to be a challenge and I really didn't get far off it. I've got lots more races I can do this year for triathlon and some 10K races etc. Maybe I'll try another marathon later in the year, or next year. There's still that Ironman to work up to, but just need to respect what my body is telling me right now, and that is that 26miles is just a bit too far for now.