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I am having pretty bad hip pain, thinking it is the ITB as anyone I stretch out the hip I get a burning pain right where the ITB crosses over. This started at the Martian marathon last weekend but got worse Sunday when I ran a killer 5K race.
My question is: is it OK to bike and swim only this week? I start into the get faster plan, week 5 today.
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On the plus side - I got first in my AG, even with walking a bit on the 3rd mile due to hip pain. :-) Boom! *with some literal boom in the hip*
My hip is better but not all better. I ended up taking an entire week off of training as everything that I do moves my hip and has caused for some sloooooow healing. Since total rest I have seen large improvements in pain and mobility.
I can now walk normally, and walk downstairs with no issues. Walking upstars is still a little painful, as is getting in and out of a seated position. Anything that puts a large amount of weight on my left hip trying to propel myself upward still hurts.
I have decided that I will be taking running and biking off until this Sunday to allow for more healing. I cannot afford a permanent injury.
So my question is more a need for validation. I am OK taking another week off (swims excluded), given that I am in the Int. Get Faster plan ending April 19th, right? I have a half Ironman on June 23rd and my first "A" HIM on August 4th so my HIM training is officical starting April 20th - and I am starting to get a little nervous that I am falling behind.
In my logical head I know that I need the rest physically and in my heart I have actually sort of welcomed it after going non-stop since IMFL in 2012. I needed a break and I think that this injury was just what I needed - in a sick sort of way.
So my 2nd question is this: How do I get back into it?
Cycling should be OK with the exception of standing out of the saddle at first as this will add strain to my hip much like running does.
With running, I was planning on taking it sort of easy my first few runs just to see how the hip fares. If it is OK I was going to take my first week back as more "proceeding with caution" with the hope that I emerge each workout pain free. If I do - then my 2nd week back I was going to go for effort in my workouts - attempting them as Rx'd.
Does this sound wise? At what point do I start to rethink my training plans? Meaning - if I have to take 2 more weeks off, not just 1 - how do I recover and get back into the game?
as for the "damage control" your A race is still a ways off..target is to have you 100% or really close by Memorial Day!
*sigh* Relief!
I was honestly begining to think that I would never know a pianless hip again.
So my POA is to bike and swim this week, maybe easing back into running by doing a modified easy easy run/walk to test the waters out mid week, but laying off of running until Saturday.
I have a duathlon that I am doing for fun, so I would like to take the 1st run cautiously, ride my ride, then take the 2nd run cautiously. If I feel at any time pain twinges like I did during the 5k that this happened at, then I pull myself from the race immediately.
I have a long summer ahead of me. No need to take myself out now!
Does this sound OK?
Thinking that before I race again I need to get to the ROOT of this issue and not just fix the symptoms.
Whoa... when did I get responsible?
So new POA - bike, swim, ease back into running and not worry about racing until I am healed, 100%. I honeslty have no emotional attachment to my race schedule this year - my eye is on 2014. We shall call this year the rebuild of Jenn!
Thank you for the feedback! I am on board with the pulling out of the race at this point.