OUCH THAT HURT!!!!

Well, I'm writing this as I should be running this morning, but my groin muscle did not respond very well to getting back out on the road and going for a run. Let me back track a little bit....
Saturday morning I ran 10 miles along the canal banks of Modesto. During the second half of my run, I started to feel my right groin muscle. For quite a while that's really all it was, it didn't hurt, I just suddenly started to feel that muscle. Hindsight tells me that maybe I should have slowed down, or possibly stopped to walk at that point, but of course I didn't. By the last mile, my groin was sore, but still not a shooting pain so I just slowed my pace and finished my run. After I stopped running, it became more sore, but my coach told me that that is one of the few muscles that you do not want to stretch if it is sore. Who knows why this is, but Charlie's been at this for a very long time and I trust his judgement.
I changed the way I stretched my hamstring so that there was no residual groin stretching going on. Then I hopped in the truck and headed home. When I tried to get out of the truck, I realized that my groin muscle was more than just a little sore. So the first thing I did when I got home was fill the bathtub with cold water and soak for about 15 minutes. I put on some Ben Gay and I rested quite a bit. Sunday morning, it felt a lot better, but, although not near as sore as Saturday, I could tell it was still sore. So I didn't run Sunday (I was only scheduled to run a half hour)....or Monday, which brings me to today.
This morning, I got up and was hoping that a slow half hour run would feel great. I stretched everything except my groin and headed out the door. After just a few steps, the soreness was there and I could also feel some shooting pain. Not good! I was barely down the street so I just turned around and headed home. I'm hoping another couple days of rest is just what I need. My training has been going so well and it's really frustrating to get sidelined at this point, but I'm optimistic that a couple more rest days with a lot more icing and Ben Gay will do the trick! I'll keep you posted!