Good to be out running again this morning, however, it was sure tough to get out of bed. Today I ran my Planet Walk via Horshoe Park 5 miler. Leg felt great for most of it. I did .5 at 6:45 pace at mile 4 and it started to get sore so I backed off quickly again. It was only a test. I am looking forward to my 30 miles this week....leg permitting.
T-36:32 (7:18) 160
PM: Dropped Beth off halfway to SLC and made her run the rest of the way to her parents house. Hopefullly someone came and picked her up. That gave me some free time once I got home, so I did 30 min on the elliptical. Leg felt great.
PM: Gossner 5 miler with Dan. Pace felt easy, leg felt only ok. It started to ache again towards the end but not as bad as yesterday. I think that 5 miles is just right for it right now. It is a perfect run for the injured and out of shape. Flat as a pancake, no traffic, and dirt for most of it.
Easy 3 on the treadmill this morning. My leg felt good, but I was sure breathing hard for the pace. I will blame it on the treadmill and not my fitness so I feel better about it. I am taking a half day today and all of tomorrow off for vacation. LONG weekend here I come. I am heading off to SLC so anyone interested in a run down there let me know. I am running with Beth this afternoon so today is out, but any other day I am game.
T- 23:13 (7:44)
Easy 3 with Bethany on the Canal Road. No watch. The storm was a-brewing..Dark walls of black clouds in all directions..
My Dad is in town (actually SLC) from Denver for the holidays so we spent the day visiting. Bethany and I got away from the kids for a break and hit the Treadmills together at the Marriott (where they are staying). Side by side treadmills, kind of like running together on the road only much hotter. The room was tonz warmer than the garage back at home so it turned into a sweat-fest. The goal was 5 miles in the time that Beth ran 5K (her treadmill was stuck in the spanish mode which showed the distance in kilometers). I barely beat her, HA. Afterward, I stretched and had my Dad check out my leg. He brought to my attention the fact that my leg muscles are SUPER tight. I told him that they are like that all the time. Well, there lies the problem. Everything is pulling on the ITB and it is super tight too. I can feel it super pronounced on me and then feeling it on other people, it isn't even noticable. Hmmmm. Problem located, now how to solve it? He did some massage and stretches and that helped some. It will take some time. We spent some time at the hot tub as well and I did some pool to hot tub transitions (ice-heat simulation). I believe a lot of the issue is the development of running specific muscles and weak opposing muscles. I need to balance the muscles more. Time to start running sideways and backwards, or upside down or something....
Today I was able to put a nice cap to a decent week of base building. I was up in Logan with my Dad visiting my sister and they hung out for an hour while I hit the roads for an afternoon run. I ran my favorite run (from home) the planet walk via horseshoe park. My legs were feeling loose and good so I let them carry me along at a more of a brisk pace (at least post-injury anyway).
My dad (in massage therapy school) was able to isolate the leg problem to the perma-tight IT band (as we already knew was the problem) but is unable to get it to release. It is equally tight on both legs, but only injured on the right. I plan on focusing on getting that to relax...somehow. I did hit the pool and hot-tub at the hotel on friday and also on sunday to do some heat/cold cycles. Good stuff. Oh, and I can do the breaststoke still with no weird form issues (from the discussion board).
