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Went out for my run late - after 5:30 - and it was from my wife's parents in West Weber. Plan was to hit the Ogden River Parkway and run 17 total.

Immediately I could tell that the pain in my groin had spread and while the pain wasn't intense, it was disconcerting. Perhaps the race on snow yesterday jostled things a bit. I hit the parkway and it was snow covered from 19th West until it meets up with the Weber River Parkway and I was slogging through stale deep snow. The pain continued and while it didn't worsen, it worried me enough to call it. I called my wife and she picked me up at the pond on 21st St.

I think I have to rest it despite this being a planned 75 mile week and a big step forward in training. I am very frustrated but the marathon is still 12 weeks out so no reason to risk a more serious injury. I am on a new "consumer driven health plan" where I don't need primary care referrals, but I pay every dollar to a deductible of $3,750 from a Health Savings Account with the Aetna rate. I will have to figure out how best to tackle this, but I think starting with a general primary care doctor will not be worthwhile.

Still resting the groin. I am doing no activity of any kind because any cross training I have access to would stress the area and I don't want to wait any longer than I must. Unfortunately, it feels no different in the groin, though the radiating pain to other areas seems to be going away.

I got a pair of Brooks T7 racers in the mail today two sizes bigger than my feet in hopes of fitting my size 9EE feet. They were $52 at running warehouse. No luck. My toes scrunched and there is an edge in the sole that sets right on the ball of my foot since it is too short for the shoe. Big sigh. I hear the Mizuno Wave Universe 4 may be the answer but I find the flames and the purple and lime color scheme offensive.

I took Wednesday off to catch up on some pressing non-work stuff. I was able to do 35 minutes of yoga focusing on stretching my psoas muscle. I then went out in search of some racing shoes and went to the new New Balance store on South Temple. I really liked the MR 1400s so I got those. I could not help but test them with an easy run from my house to West High and back. The run felt ok not great.

My groin is feeling better though not pain free. With help from White, I decided it was my psoas muscle giving me fits, but I think its just minor tendonitis from overuse. So, I will focus on stretching it after runs and I am going to Joel at Tosh on March 11 to see if he can help me manage it.

I started easy on the treadmill and since I was feeling good, I decided to get in a marathon pace run. After 2 miles at marathon pace, my fresh legs were itching for speed so I went up to 12mph. I was .64 miles through a 5:00 mile when the treadmill at work overheated and flipped off. I went to the archaic treadmill next to it to finish the run. It maxes out at 10mph so I finished mile 5 at 6:00 pace and then a 2 mile cool. The faster I go, the less pain I feel. And after the run, its the best its felt all day.

Evening - did 35 minutes of yoga focusing on psoas elongation.

Plan was 1 hr easy, 30 mts marathon pace and 30 minutes moderate. I had to get up at 5:40 to do it because my son is having his birthday party today. Its a bit harder to warm up early but I felt better on this run than usual. First 8 miles at 7:30, next 4.66 at 6:26 and final 4.27 at 7:01. 

Felt strong to finish though it was probably nearly as hard to run the moderate pace after the marathon pace. Ran to Sugarhouse Park and around once down to Liberty Park and around 1.5 times and home. 500 ft of climb.

Hip/groin feels good but still there. I am glad I still managed 30 miles in this down week.