All quiet on the western front

Ok, so I haven't been blogging for a week, as I was seeing how things went after last Sunday's niggling pain towards the end of my 9 mile run.

I had a complete rest day last Monday.
I swam on Tuesday.
I went to yoga on Wednesday.
I had a scheduled rest day on Thursday.
I skipped my run on Friday (I wasn't feeling too well anyway).
Saturday was also a scheduled rest day (although I did go for a 2-mile walk).

So.... Sunday:
Distance: 1½ miles
Time: 15m52s
Mile 1 - 10m02s
Mile 2 (half) - 5m50s

Having taken a week off running, I set out for my scheduled "100 minutes slow jog". I'd bumped into my physio in the running shop on Saturday morning when I popped in for some glucose gel sachets. I'd told him about the niggling pain, and he said to keep up with the rolling of my quads (which I'd been doing, 5-10 minutes each day), to take it easy and to try to roll over my foot a bit more than usual rather than springing up off my toes as I lift off. So I did this and mile 1 felt very comfortable. I'm feeling good, and looking forward to running ten 10-minute miles. Then on mile 2.... my right leg started to hurt again. So rather than push it, I slackened off my pace completely and gave up after half a mile when I realised it would be no good.

I've booked an appointment to see a Sports Massage Therapist on Wednesday, so hope that she can help loosen up my ITB (for that is what it feels like is hurting), and then I need to concentrate on the right kind of stretching so I can get on top of the problem before it gets any worse. That way I can get back on track with my training asap.

In the meantime I think it'll just have to be non-impact cross training.
Today I was back in the pool:
Distance: 800m
Crawl: 30 lengths
Breaststroke: 2 lengths.

Tomorrow I may go for a longer swim after work, or perhaps some rowing.
I shall see how things go...