Yep. That's right. Painless. I ran 5.5 miles with the running spot group last night and my knee/IT band did not bother me one bit. I wore the strap and stretched it out really good right before. I also had to look busy because Karrie wasn't there to chat with me so stretching came in really handy.
It was supposed to be a 7 mile run but I (and I'm not the only one) skipped the "second lap" by Sawyer Point. It was also supposed to be a Fartlek run where you alternate between your 10k pace (slow) and your marathon pace (slower) for 1 minute then two and so on. Well since we were, as JoeF put it, "the rest of the people in the slow group" we took off with Kathy as our leader and we were making good time, I was staying with the group (unheard of for me) and we were just trucking along at I would say a pace between my 10k and marathon pace. Then we hit the park and Kathy decided to start the intervals. It was like the roadrunner took off and left poor Wily E. Coyote at the water fountain panting. So enough with the intervals. I think 3 miles at a faster speed than usual counts, no?
I have physical therapy tonight so I will get stretched out and massaged more. And I will KEEP stretching. I can only hope this recovery continues...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Stuck at 9
I can't seem to get past 9 miles this time around. My knee really starts to hurt and I just call it quits! On Saturday there was a 9 mile loop and then we were supposed to go on and do a 4 mile loop for a total of 13 miles. Well, when I got back to the car after 9 there was nothing that was going to make me go back out and do 4 more!
I iced and rested the rest of the day--I could barely walk...stairs were a nightmare. I hobbled around the farmer's market up in Dayton. Not feeling well.
Sunday I felt much better and today no pain at all. I am still resting and looking forward to my run tomorrow night with the Running Spot group.
Oh, I stopped by Mojo Running in West Chester and got "The Stick" to roll out my IT band. I'll keep you posted on if it helps or not.
I iced and rested the rest of the day--I could barely walk...stairs were a nightmare. I hobbled around the farmer's market up in Dayton. Not feeling well.
Sunday I felt much better and today no pain at all. I am still resting and looking forward to my run tomorrow night with the Running Spot group.
Oh, I stopped by Mojo Running in West Chester and got "The Stick" to roll out my IT band. I'll keep you posted on if it helps or not.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
moist
I just went for a quick little run on the Cape Cod Rail Trail again. I wore my strap which seemed to help and I got through about 4 miles fairly pain-free. I did take it off at the end back in my parents' neighborhood and tried to run to see how I felt and I had immediate pain. So I guess the strap helps.
The weather was interesting. It's about 70 degrees, about a trillion percent humidity and occasionally raining. I don't think I have ever been this moist on a run and I couldn't tell if it was sweat, rain, moist air, or all of the above. My hair in a ponytail also frizzed out to about the size of a cheerleader's pom pom. I looked classy.
On a side note, I got to go on two boat rides yesterday: first my dad took us out in his boat into Pleasant Bay and we walked around the sand bars at low tide and ate some cold pizza. Then my parents' friend Mike took us out in his 40 foot sailboat for a "sunset" cruise. I use the quotes because the visibility was about 20 feet due to fog. But we had fun and had some drinks and appetizers and then came back to the house to grill up some food. Overall it was a pretty nautical day.
Today we're on our way to Western Mass. to visit my Nana and Grandpa. I hear from Ryan that it's about 100 degrees back in Cincy and Tash reports the same from Nashville and that's just not good for all us runners. Our coach emailed and said instead of the tempo run he had scheduled for last night they were just going to do a regular-paced run and not push it. I wonder how that turned out.
The weather was interesting. It's about 70 degrees, about a trillion percent humidity and occasionally raining. I don't think I have ever been this moist on a run and I couldn't tell if it was sweat, rain, moist air, or all of the above. My hair in a ponytail also frizzed out to about the size of a cheerleader's pom pom. I looked classy.
On a side note, I got to go on two boat rides yesterday: first my dad took us out in his boat into Pleasant Bay and we walked around the sand bars at low tide and ate some cold pizza. Then my parents' friend Mike took us out in his 40 foot sailboat for a "sunset" cruise. I use the quotes because the visibility was about 20 feet due to fog. But we had fun and had some drinks and appetizers and then came back to the house to grill up some food. Overall it was a pretty nautical day.
Today we're on our way to Western Mass. to visit my Nana and Grandpa. I hear from Ryan that it's about 100 degrees back in Cincy and Tash reports the same from Nashville and that's just not good for all us runners. Our coach emailed and said instead of the tempo run he had scheduled for last night they were just going to do a regular-paced run and not push it. I wonder how that turned out.
Monday, August 6, 2007
so
It's been a week since I've last written and some of you know what's up and some of you don't. To put it simply, this IT band thing is NOT going away or remotely getting better. It's NOT letting me complete my long runs and it's frustrating me to no end.
My physical therapy appointment was somewhat successful. It involved stretches and a massage of the area and an ultrasound of the area and some electrical pads which kind of scared me a little bit. But the thing was, it didn't hurt THEN. It DID hurt on my Saturday long run which was supposed to be 12 miles (at the very least) and I only did 9.3. And it was a tough 9.3 let me tell you. When I got home and took a shower I sat down on the couch with my ice pack and my ace bandage and said, "I've been looking forward to this moment since mile 2," (about when the pain began) and Ryan said, "That's not good." I know it's not good. I had rested for Thursday and Friday so I thought all would be well. It was not.
So I've been resting since. The pain continued throughout the day on Saturday (thanks to 2 plane rides and miles of airport walking) and most of the day on Sunday as well. Today I feel fine. I will try to run tomorrow but I don't know what to expect. I did buy an IT band strap to go above my knee that hopefully reduces the tension on my knee from the IT band itself. My next step is to look into getting arch supports, at least for my right shoe and see what that does.
This is all very frustrating and has made me realize that I should have appreciated my good health during my last training and run a bit harder. Now that I can't, I really want to be out there. Bummer.
My physical therapy appointment was somewhat successful. It involved stretches and a massage of the area and an ultrasound of the area and some electrical pads which kind of scared me a little bit. But the thing was, it didn't hurt THEN. It DID hurt on my Saturday long run which was supposed to be 12 miles (at the very least) and I only did 9.3. And it was a tough 9.3 let me tell you. When I got home and took a shower I sat down on the couch with my ice pack and my ace bandage and said, "I've been looking forward to this moment since mile 2," (about when the pain began) and Ryan said, "That's not good." I know it's not good. I had rested for Thursday and Friday so I thought all would be well. It was not.
So I've been resting since. The pain continued throughout the day on Saturday (thanks to 2 plane rides and miles of airport walking) and most of the day on Sunday as well. Today I feel fine. I will try to run tomorrow but I don't know what to expect. I did buy an IT band strap to go above my knee that hopefully reduces the tension on my knee from the IT band itself. My next step is to look into getting arch supports, at least for my right shoe and see what that does.
This is all very frustrating and has made me realize that I should have appreciated my good health during my last training and run a bit harder. Now that I can't, I really want to be out there. Bummer.
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