Right from the word go, I experienced the most uncomfortable sensations in my groin and upper thighs, which I can only describe as being like a small electrical charge, and I thought that I could probably run this off. But it didn't go, it stayed with me for the full run and it definitely slowed me down.
By the time I'd finished, my legs were very tired and my calves were extremely tight, so I did an extended stretching session to try and loosen them, and this seemed to work as I awoke on Saturday morning with no aching at all.
I had volunteered to marshal at the Riverfront Parkrun on the Saturday morning, and after this a few of my running buddies decided to go to a cafe for breakfast, so I took a jog back to my car to put a couple of items in the boot, and I had that same, strange sensation in the rear of my thighs, but NOT in my groin.
Yesterday, (Sunday), I was assisting as a taxi driver for a couple of my CRC buddies who were taking part in this years RACK Raid, and I had to get them to their starting position, and then meet them at the finish line to take them home again.
All of the legs on this relay race are hilly, although some more than others, and the leg that I'd delivered Paula and Tania to had a hill which wasn't particularly steep, but it did go on for about two miles, and Tania was finding this a bit grueling, so I decided to keep an eye on her and I would drive on a little bit, park up, get out of the car and give her some encouragement, and a couple of times I ran back to meet her and then ran with her until reaching my car again.
This was me dashing back to the car after ensuring Tania was ok
Tania did ok in the end and she managed to complete the run before the required cut off time. But I did notice during my short runs that there was no sign of the sensations that had inflicted me on the Friday before.
In talking about this to some of my running buddies, it was suggested that this may have been a nerve thing, and I have experienced the very occasional episode of sciatica in the past, so I am assuming that this is what it was.
Tomorrow evening, (Tuesday), I am taking part in the third of five Gwent Leisure Centre League races at Penallta Park, near Ystrad Mynach, so I am hoping that I will be ok for that. I will let you know how I get on with that.
Then on Friday I'm going to run that same 9.5 mile route again and see if I can run it quicker, and without feeling so tired and tight at the end.
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