Sorry about your sidewalk adventure, Colby Looks like you've recovered happily.

You are all so inspiring.

I did something really stupid last week and now I'm paying the price. I was frustrated with the weather and went for a tough workout on the bike trainer, pushing some big gears a lot of the time. Then I did a track workout the next day. Then another run in the following days. Sunday I had to go 13 km for my long run.

I was doing okay, although a bit sore, for the first 3 km until I turned a corner to go "uphill." I say uphill but it's really a mini-incline, not even 2% slope. My left leg was NOT happy. In-house doctor (my husband) has diagnosed a strain of adductor longus, i.e. my groin area, left side.

It just became worse and worse while running, and the pain shot higher if I took a walking break and started running again. I had to walk a mile on the way to work this morning and it was quite unpleasant.

The pain was bothersome, but I was above all mad at myself - and still am. I have just started thinking about doing a marathon in May (I'm currently training for a half in February) and there I go stupidly hurting myself, overdosing on leg exercises during the holidays. How dumb. If I only ran on flat ground, it would perhaps be okay, but there is nowhere flat to run around here.

I'm supposed to run almost 50 km this week. I don't know if that's going to happen, or why. Really frustrated.