Run Run Run

After two weeks of laziness, I am back to Gasworks park yesterday and was getting ready for a run. After the groin injury, I was worried for a couple things before heading out for the run. 

• First, I haven't ran for 2 weeks. Usually, if I haven't done anything active for a extended period of time, my "performance" varies so much that I really don't know what to expect. It could be anything from a crippled run to a personal record. This is not the first time, so not a big deal, I just need to go run and see what happen.
• Second, weather has gotten so much colder just the last few days. I don't really mind the cold weather, but it's just kinna annoying cause you need to dress for it! You just need to think about what to wear, the extra hat, gloves, layers, etc. That means more work afterwards too, more clothes to wash, more clothes to fold. 
• Third, continue from the above point, weather has gotten so cold and I am starting to get sick! This is almost my main concern because getting sick is bad enough, and running in cold weather and being sick probably not the best combination. I was debating if I wanted to go run yesterday, and I ended up going anyway.
• Last, injury! It was the first time ever I have had a groin injury, so I don't know how long it takes to heal and how does it feel, etc. I felt ok before the run yesterday, but then I kinna felt ok two weeks ago too, and I didn't know that I really pulled a muscle until i started running. This was my main concern yesterday.

Anyway, I still went for a run with my friend, John. Once again, he's late! While waiting for him, i ran around in Gasworks a little bit and take some pictures in the sun. It was so nice yesterday and it was perfect for the run. The run ended up ok, i think I was running slower, but it's ok, I have so many excuses, haha... see above. The bottom line is I just need to get started again, from somewhere and get back to it slowly. The temperature didn't bother me too much neither, i had a fleece and only shorts, and I thought it was perfect temperature. It was a bit cold after the run though.

it's good to know that I can still run, lol.... looking forward to the next one.

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Officially kicking off my training season

I am feeling so fat and lazy last week, i have only ran a total of 3 miles in 7 days!! I am blaming on the injury.

Surprisingly, groin injury is so painful =( I guess I didn't know nrcause I had never had one, or I guess never had something as serious. I am also blaming on aging, i am getting old.

anyway, yes, it was painful! had an appointment with the chiropractor, Kevin Rindal, on Friday. he did some ART on me, i think he also did some low dosage laser or something like that, I was in so much pain that I wasn't even paying attention to everything that was going on.  My left thigh was so sore Friday evening / Saturday evening, gotten a bit better the last two days, hopefully it will be back to normal asap.

by the way, Kevin is awesome, the fact that he's also a triathlete and he has done couple ironman make him awesome, yes, ironman are awesome.

Anyway, i wasn't able to run for the last couple days, but i got permission to bike. So, I had the trainer set up in my room and was ready for my first training session of the season last night. As usual, spinning at home is hard, it's so boring which makes it so hard. I was listening to Tiesto and that helped me to get through the hour. Overall, it's a good start.

Planning to do these more consistently, and hopefully i recover from the injury and able to start running again.

Injury!!

Damn...! I'm slow, and I'm injured!
Probably pulled my right groin muscle from Saturday. Thought it was just soreness, and I was hoping that I can run slowly, get warmed up and loosen up. However, I was wrong! Sigh....
What do I do with pulled groin muscle? Anyone? Ice? Stretch? Rest? What else? The worst has happened, I hate hate hate getting hurt, and now it's happening!!!! Arrrrrrr