Psoas issue, and hip adductors: confirmed

2020 has been another crazy year. It started out well; swimming yards on pace, cycling good, running OK, and then the  CoVid virus pandemic hit, closing down Santa Cruz. No more commuting to Cabrillo; that hurt my cycling. No more gyms open; that meant no swimming as it was too cold in March for me to think about swimming in the ocean regularly. I could still run, and kept up a good pace. However, with no gym, I was doing no hip adductors and in fact that issue I just plain lost track of, what with all the disruption to normal life that the pandemic caused. Then, in April I drove to Carrizo Plain to get video footage of the asteroid event meant to be the centerpiece of Astro 25 (which, like my other courses, went to strictly "on-line"). It had rained the previous day, and I could not drive to the trailhead for Caliente Peak, so had to run up the long road to the ridge top, and the fine mud clung to my shoes and put a strain on my hip flexors. For the first time this year, I felt my psoas irritation return. After that, it snowballed and soon it was as bad as ever, sideline'ing me again. I then realized that a contributing factor was likely the lack of hip flexor exercises. Until I get a home gizmo for this (pilates ring I think), I found I could do squeezes of my tightly bagged down jacket to at least wake up those muscles. May 29 I felt a "give", as I have felt in the past  on the adductor machine, as if something in my metal hip is repositioning. I've learned to associate that with a good thing, and major relief from psoas irritation. It worked again. I went from hardly being able to walk, to doing 2 miles, then 4 miles, then 13 miles on May 31 in Fall Creek, in the following 3 days. And this week 11 more miles so far, but that was too much too soon, and my psoas is irritated again. I'm re-doubling hip adduction and hoping to have a pain-free run tomorrow. My 21 mile ride today, over Branciforte to Old San Jose Rd and the beach and home, felt just great. On pace now for over 900 miles for the year, far above the 600 miles I did in '18 and '19, and my goal is to get it up over 1,000 miles once again. May 24 I began regular swimming in the ocean again, being sure to get in 3800-4500 yards per week. the water's 60F. Nice! Have no idea when / if the InShape gym and pool will re-open, so if I hope to keep my continual yearly increase in swim miles rising, I'll have to make friends with ocean swims for more often than in the past. And get a quality hip adductor workout gizmo.