I just completed the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim on Sunday and once again, I had to fight through terrible hip pain during the race. The pain is on both the left and right sides and is basically in the bone/joint area. I thought the wet suit may be contributing to the pain, due to a different positioning in the water, but have tried OW races without a wetsuit and still have the same pain. It hurts to walk after the races and also hurts the next day. The pain typically starts around mile 2 of a race. I never get the pain while swimming distance in a pool. I am 31 and average over 30,000 yards a week so the OW races I have competed in are not longer distances than I am used to swimming. Has anyone had similar pain or any advice?
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Glad to hear a few others have had this pain in OW too!! I noticed that doing 6 or 7 kicks breaststroke at about every mile mark during the Bay swim seemed to stretch out my hip joints and made them feel better for at least 15 min or so (although I was unhappy that I had to slow down and do breaststoke). I would agree that it likely has something to do with the chop since those conditions aren't present in a pool. I also wonder if it has to do with tensing up in a race setting, although I am not sure how to change that so I relax more. I will definitely post anything that I find out about this!
Glad to hear a few others have had this pain in OW too!! I noticed that doing 6 or 7 kicks breaststroke at about every mile mark during the Bay swim seemed to stretch out my hip joints and made them feel better for at least 15 min or so (although I was unhappy that I had to slow down and do breaststoke). I would agree that it likely has something to do with the chop since those conditions aren't present in a pool. I also wonder if it has to do with tensing up in a race setting, although I am not sure how to change that so I relax more. I will definitely post anything that I find out about this!
