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[quote=Anonymous]I have been training for a 1/2 marathon. I am not a great runner but was building up slowly using a program on the race website (Jeff Galloway). I was thrilled to run 8 miles (probably a personal record) about 3 weeks ago. I felt a little sore especially in my groin/hip/top of quad but no big deal.  The following week I ran 30 minutes twice on the treadmill. It hurt a little and I ran slower than normal (5 mph rather than 5.5 - I am slow to begin with). After the second run that week, the same area was hurting a little worse. I tried to run that Sunday but couldn't run at all. Since then (that was now two weeks ago) i've had major discomfort. Haven't tried running again, done a fair amount of walking over the holiday week which I thought would help stretch it out but I think did not help and maybe made it worse. This week I've cut back on the walking and some days it feels better and some days it still hurts. Oddly when I sneeze or jolt, it is major pain.

I'm about ready to pull the chute on the 1/2 (it's in late February so at this point I don't think I could get up to 13 even if I felt perfectly tomorrow and started training again). But I'm also a little worried that I really did something to it. Is it time to go to a dr? What kind of injury could this be? hip flexor? labrum? It seems like an overuse issue and not anything traumatic that I can recall. I've never been sure about my shoes so I wonder if that's a factor.

Any insight from experienced runners out there? thanks in advance

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