Had a twinge in the middle of my left hamstring; it's been there for several days, dating back to when I was stretching my quads Tuesday morning for my dress rehearsal. But it hasn't gone away. Finally, today, I started to panic, when I realized it was in exactly the same spot as the spasms that shut me down at mile 18 at Little Rock in March. Stretching hasn't worked. Warm baths, ditto. Used electric massager to no effect. So I called John at work and he told me to come in for some treatment. First 10 minutes of ultrasound to the spot, then 20 minutes of iontopheresis. Maybe it's a little bit better; I jogged up to the apartment office a half hour ago to take my rent check in (and test the hammy) and felt no pain, although it still felt tight.
John told me to come in tomorrow for another treatment if I want to. I'll see how it feels in the morning. Maybe I'll get a treatment. Maybe I'll go for a short/slow jog as I had originally planned for Friday. But if it's no worse, I can run with it -- with my fingers crossed that it doesn't do what it did on Lookout Hill in March. Can I run 3:30 with it? That's the unanswerable question until Saturday morning. | 