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Discussion starter · #43 ·
That's certainly doable! No time today to run to the market, but I can easily pick some up tomorrow.<br><br><b>Prae</b> - I'm with Pacer and Jill. Just a 'lil warmup, and then enjoy your 10k!
 
#44 ·
Hey <b>Voo,</b> good (manageable, at least) news! That's what I had pre-Chicago. Remember my running along the stripes? That was to keep my right leg from swinging outside in and stressing my ITBS. I think my original running shoes lacked proper support on the outside edges as well. No problems since.<br><br>
Weather looks improved today. I should be able to get a good run in.
 
#45 ·
<b>Voo</b> - good news on the knee. Listen to <span style="color:#008000;"><b>Maria</b></span>.
 
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<b>Prae</b>, I'm with everyone--race and just run a bit of a warm up and cool down. Then again, I think I race a lot, but it's my form of speedwork right now. Speaking of which, I got talked into doing a 5 miler on Saturday (it falls right where Pftiz wants a tune up race, anyway). So, I'll probably run 2 or 3 warm up miles, the race, then maybe 3-5 cool down with some friends.<br><br>
So, this 5 mile distance sounds very similar to a 5k plus 2 bonus miles of pain???? I am having fun testing out these new distances, but my times the first time are always a bit off. They are good learning experiences, though.<br><br>
7 hilly (for me) miles this morning, 2 flat-3 over the bridge a zillion times-2 flat. I kept it easy, though, recovery HR. I was feeling terrible when I woke up this morning and for the first couple of miles but then I seemed to snap out of it and feel great now. I think I'm a bit behind on sleep, I'm looking forward to the taper coming up even though I'll be a nervous mess. Poor DH!<br><br>
Oh, that's pretty good <b>Voo</b>!<img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif"> I'm glad it's not something worse...
 
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Great news, <b>Voo</b>....I hope it ends up being pretty manageable. But take it easy getting back out there, ok? -)<br><br><b>Prae</b>...I'm with Pacer, except for that silly last part. I do that all the time with races that fall during training...I always add the extra time at the beginning cuz I'd be too lazy to do it at the end. In your case, it should help warm you up for the hills, too. Maybe park your car 1 mile from the start and run it in? The race should be a nice motivational boost and change of scenery<img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">
 
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Worked out a decent loop around the new neighborhood, so 4.25 yesterday. It flet pretty good, but the hills are still getting me.<br><br><b>Voo</b> - good news. The foam roller is going to provide a more intense stretch than you can accomplish with The Stick.<br><br><b>Prae</b> - What they said.
 
#49 ·
Well, I drove home and got my running clothes and went for a run at lunch. Wish I could say it felt great being back out there, but it really didn't. It basically was frustrating. Ran 3 miles in 27:01. My knee bothered me from the very first step. Not real bad and nothing that would make me limp or mess with my stride. But it was there. I stopped a couple times just to mentally log where the discomfort was coming from and to shout a few choice words that probably made the chipmunks blush. And my heel still hurt as well. Otherwise, I actually felt pretty good and fresh. Surprisingly, my breathing felt pretty comfortable.<br><br>
Meh. I'll take tomorrow off and shoot for 6-8 miles Saturday.<br><br>
It was just so frustrating because the discomfort wasn't really on the side of the knee, rather on the side or under my kneecap and even more toward the front of it. It wasn't exactly what I had described to the ortho doc. But maybe this is just what this ITBS feels like right now. Frustrating.
 
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<b>Voo</b> - I had that ITBS in fall of 2006 - about 10 days before my first 10 mile race. Went to PT and learned stretches to do and got hooked up to some electrode thingys and they did something to the area for a couple of treatments. Also, since I was that close to my race, they told me not to run. I just biked a bit. It hurt from miles 4 - 10 of my race. Took a couple weeks off after the race and then eased back into running. Its been fine since, but I do the stretches that they taught me religously now - every time I run. So hang in there - it won't feel good the first few runs back, but it should get better if you ease back into it.<br><br>
If I had been more than 2 weeks out from my race, there was a shot they said would work. Did they tell you about that?
 
#51 ·
No mention of shots. The doc was going to give me a prescription for an anti-inflammatory, but I said I'd just stick to the ibuprofen.<br><br>
Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure I had this, in the same knee, when I was training for my first marathon. I remember it being generally painful, not necessarily where the band crosses the bone.
 
#52 ·
Both of these are good options. I think I'd run the 10k, and run .8 miles warm up, that would get you your 7, and if your feeling sassy, you could run a .5 warm down, and get 7.5 <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">
 
#53 ·
Somehow, in these ridiculous winds, I managed to get about 8.3 miles done on my makeshift track looping my development. An easy warm-up and cool-down, with speed intervals in the middle. I did really well (too well at times... oops) keeping the pace during the intervals -- I'm getting better at this track stuff! <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"><br><br><b>Voo</b> - your pain today sounds like my past knee probs... mine wasn't diagnosed as ITBS, though... Let me know if you want some info on what I did for mine...
 
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Hey <b>Voo</b> - ITBS is one of those things where you're almost certainly going to get the same result in terms of pain unless you take at least a little break from the running.<br><br>
I remember after my first marathon I got my first case of ITBS, and I couldn't get past 2 miles without the thing acting up. These were after 1-week breaks of no running between attempts. I finally learned my lesson, took 4 weeks off, and then slowly built up from there.<br><br>
Here's wishing you as quick a recovery as possible
 
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Thanks! <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"> 3x around my (almost oval) development is 1 mile. I actually like doing my intervals there (shhh... don't tell anyone I admitted that) because for the w/u and c/d I can go out of the development through the other neighborhoods and get a change of scenery... <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">
 
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sounds like a place I found last night - group of streets off the main road here where we live now - wide streets, no traffic and can create varying sized loops for intervals.<br><br>
nice workout today <b>Lora</b>!
 
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