catherine's running efforts

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:01, 9/11/2010

10K: 43:49, 7/24/2010

15K: 1:21:00, 5/22/2010

Half-marathon: 1:41:41, 8/28/2010

Short-Term Running Goals:

Now that I'm (almost for sure) done having all the babies, I'm working on building consistency and seeing how fast I can get in my old age. ;)

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to be a healthy and relatively injury-free runner for the rest of my life.

Personal:

I'm married to Eric (Faceless Ghost on the blog) and we have very active daughters and one dog. I have a PhD in sociology and demography, and I'm incredibly grateful to have work that is meaningful and that builds on my academic experience. I run because it makes me feel strong and it helps to keep the crazy away (there is a long history of abuse and mental illness in my extended family).

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles:						73.39
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles:						372.79
Girly Altra Lifetime Miles:						366.08
Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles:						175.92
NB Orange Lifetime Miles:						13.50

Wed, May 02, 2012

Total Distance

8.13

Yesterday was just a bummer day all around, so I got some extra sleep and didn't run. I was looking forward to this morning's run, but about 3 miles into it my right IT band started hurting. This kind of worried me because a long time ago, before I became Forefoot Catherine, I had IT band pain all the time and it kept me from running more than a few miles at a time. I powered through today, stopping to stretch at about 6.5 when it hurt kind of a lot, and I went straight to the foam roller when I got home.

The Internet suggests several causes for IT band pain. I've been ignoring some minor hip pain for awhile and I hardly ever stretch, so I'm hoping that my pain is because I need to stretch more and do some strength stuff and not because sometimes I run a bunch and sometimes I don't run at all.

Girly Altra Miles: 8.13

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Carina on Wed, May 02, 2012 at 14:08:44 from 204.15.86.83

One of the girls I run with is struggling with IT band issues as well. Roll that sucker out, and avoid hills! Hope it starts to feel better. I only ever feel my IT band in my hips.

From catherine on Wed, May 02, 2012 at 14:18:07 from 98.202.112.38

Thanks Carina.

From RAD on Wed, May 02, 2012 at 14:31:51 from 98.202.23.178

oh crap...I don't like ITB pain at all! NOT AT ALL. My first 3 marathons I didn't get past like mile 14 without the intense pain bearing down on me. I could do training runs without a problem, but marathons just sucked! Okay, so what do I think cured me? First off I really think my pregnancy helped :) loosened my hips and helped relax that bugger! Secondly, I think spinning was a big factor. When I spin I feel the inner leg a LOT, so I think it has really strengthened and as a result stabilized my hips and legs so that I don't get so much movement and my ITB doesn't have to do so much work and thus doesn't hurt :) I still panic anytime I feel pain around my knee. Sometimes I will poke around at where EXACTLY the pain hurts so I can show myself it isn't the ITB. I'm still paranoid about it. In the meantime - roll and stretch...roll and stretch.

From RAD on Wed, May 02, 2012 at 14:32:51 from 98.202.23.178

oh, I know more about the dumb ITB than most any normal person should...so I can probably answer most of your questions :) -YEARS of PT help with it finally being able to be passed on.

From jun on Thu, May 03, 2012 at 11:14:35 from 205.158.160.209

I agree with the above comments. Roll and stretch it. A great and easy exercise is to just lay in bed while you're reading a book or something and put your feet/legs into froggy position and allow your knees to relax and sink down to the bed. It really stretches you good. I have no IT Band pain, but I still do it every night.

From Lily on Thu, May 03, 2012 at 11:24:44 from 67.199.178.210

Catherine. I know a Doctor who runs, and a long time ago he showed me what works best for stretching the IT band. I have always done it and never had a problem with my IT band in 10 yrs running.

http://youtu.be/MKg2iQkp8Rk

From jun on Thu, May 03, 2012 at 11:59:21 from 205.158.160.209

This video is also helpful.

http://youtu.be/kAIzhY9F8_g

From catherine on Fri, May 04, 2012 at 19:17:00 from 98.202.112.38

Thanks everyone. RAD, I'm sure I'll have some questions as I go. Thanks.

Lily - Thanks for the video. I usually do something similar to that, but I don't lean to the heel. It's definitely better the way the person in the video does it.

Jun - Thanks for the stretch suggestion. And for the Altramaniacs. Part of why having this problem now is frustrating, though, is because I had it for years before a couple of years ago when I switched to forefootiness, and I've told tons of people that I never had the pain once I switched and I really believe in it and stuff, and now it's back even though really really really I run like Commissioner Golden says (except for not on the downhills on Saturday, so that's why I'm thinking that might have done it).

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