Hi folks!
I’ve only recently returned to sprint training (I’m 28 now, the last time I probably did anything like this; I was 15!). However, during the last 10 years I been doing olympic style lifts in the gym as well as playing several seasons of Squash. My weights program is fairly generic, high intensity; low volume (squats, cleans, pull-ups, weighted dips etc.).
First day of training went well, block starts were quick and run throughs over 100m felt good (I didn’t push myself seeing as I was new to this).
Next day was a rest, and I did some more light track work the day after, feeling ok; although after a couple of 100m warm-ups my legs started to ache (around tendons near knees and ankles) so I cooled down and took it easy.
Two days later (today!) I get back on the track (did a couple of 400m warm-ups, very low intensity first-up) and my groin on the left side feels like it’s about to snap, it’s hard to lift my leg toward my chest (I’m finding myself manually lifting it with my arms to get it where I want it).
Since the track work this morning (about 10 hours ago) it’s feeling ok, still sore climbing up the stairs, but I know if I got back on the track again it will flare up. My legs just want to run and it’s incredibly frustrating!
Does this just seem to be a case of iliopsoas tendonitis or something? I’m going to see a sports physio this week to get it checked out. My bets are my hip-flexors aren’t too strong. Is this a common kind of injury?
Cheers,
-Matt