Should I run on Sunday?
Should I go run on Sunday?
I have my first Marathon race on 10-10-10. That's one week from this Sunday.
Last Sunday, I ran 18 miles. The back of my right knee (or perhaps the very top of my right calf) hurt quite a bit afterward. It's still slightly sore.
Wednesday I ran 750 meters as a cool down at CrossFit. Felt really good.
Thursday morning I went for a run. Planned to do 3 laps of 1.36 miles around the development. Close to the end of the first lap, I noticed that there was a small sinkhole with water gushing from it near a house up the street. So I picked up the pace till I got back to my house and went inside to report it. They'd already heard about it, so I went back out to keep running. But for that whole second lap, my left hip was bothering me. I called it quits after that, didn't do the 3rd lap. That first lap felt awesome. The part where I picked up the pace felt awesome as well. I felt really really good! But that second lap, not so great. Weird hip pain the whole way through. Don't know if it was from that brief stretch of running faster, or from stopping suddenly to sit and make a phone call, or from starting back up again after stopping for a few minutes or perhaps all of it combined. And I can't figure out how to stretch it out either, which is odd.
Hip is still "off" a bit.
I'm supposed to run 8 miles this Sunday. Do I do it? Do I shoot for 5 instead? Do I just do endless laps around the development so if I need to stop I can? Or should I just not run at all?
I'm super nervous about this race!
I have my first Marathon race on 10-10-10. That's one week from this Sunday.
Last Sunday, I ran 18 miles. The back of my right knee (or perhaps the very top of my right calf) hurt quite a bit afterward. It's still slightly sore.
Wednesday I ran 750 meters as a cool down at CrossFit. Felt really good.
Thursday morning I went for a run. Planned to do 3 laps of 1.36 miles around the development. Close to the end of the first lap, I noticed that there was a small sinkhole with water gushing from it near a house up the street. So I picked up the pace till I got back to my house and went inside to report it. They'd already heard about it, so I went back out to keep running. But for that whole second lap, my left hip was bothering me. I called it quits after that, didn't do the 3rd lap. That first lap felt awesome. The part where I picked up the pace felt awesome as well. I felt really really good! But that second lap, not so great. Weird hip pain the whole way through. Don't know if it was from that brief stretch of running faster, or from stopping suddenly to sit and make a phone call, or from starting back up again after stopping for a few minutes or perhaps all of it combined. And I can't figure out how to stretch it out either, which is odd.
Hip is still "off" a bit.
I'm supposed to run 8 miles this Sunday. Do I do it? Do I shoot for 5 instead? Do I just do endless laps around the development so if I need to stop I can? Or should I just not run at all?
I'm super nervous about this race!