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Location:

St George,UT,

Member Since:

Feb 07, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run below 2:30 in the Marathon.

Personal:

I currenty live in Southern Utah. My wife Kendra and I have 4 children and no pets. We also own/operate the St. George Running Center a specialty running shoe store in St. George UT. We also head-up the St. George Running Club.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics 2140 Lifetime Miles:						172.00
Asics 2140 2-17-09 Lifetime Miles:						36.00

Tue, Mar 21, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	15.00

5 miles this morning easy. Very wet and snowing. Felt pretty good. 1 mile slow run around Worthen Park before running with Clyde and Dustin. 9 mile loop from the park down to the river trail and up and over Formaster Ridge and back to Worthen Park. We just cruised along most the way, but I started having major IT band issues about mile 4 so we stopped and I stretched, which help a little. Then after we went over Formaster Ridge and started picking-up the pace the side of my knee started getting tighter and tighter. I thought I should have taken it easy but I didn't and just ran through the initial pain. By the time we got back to the park and ran a 1/2 mile cool-down I was cramping-up pretty bad. When we stopped I started feeling the sharp pain on the side of my knee and realized I really Jacked-Up my IT Band. It's now 10:50 pm and I can hardly walk because of the pain and just general knee weakness. I'm so stressed this is going to screw-up my training. I'm planning on messaging, icing, and anti-inflammatory. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 11:40:37

Good start of the day. Remember to add some more miles in the evening, at least 3.

From bill on Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 11:51:23

Steve, your dedicated dude. running in the wet snow! how did you feel at the spectrum?

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 06:38:17

B F & C. Beware of binge running.

From SuperFly on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 08:02:50

Go through the RICE treatment. Rest Ice compression elevation. Just skip the compression step, other than making sure the ice is compressed close enough to cover the entire area. Then keep it moving. Just do home physical theropy by rotating in in all diretions very easy 3 or 4 times a day. I hope your ok. We've got a lot to do this spring and summer.

From Steve Hooper on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 08:56:52

Well, this morning I'm really pleased with how much better it's feeling. I spent a lot of time, massaging the side of my knee and icing it as well. When I went to bed I took 800mgs of an anti-inflammatory. I'm thinking I didn't pull or tear it, the IT Band just got supper inflamed and was causing major pain over the side of my knee. I think I'm going to stick to the RICE treatment. I did take a look a the BF&C link that was provided, however it only showed the ingredients, and not necessarily how to make it. Any more information on where I can buy It or how to make it would be good.

I should have just slowed down at the end of our run yesterday instead of speeding up. The moral of this experience: LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!

From bill on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:38:55

Hi Steve, sounds like you guys had a good work out. here is a good link

http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/injury_archives/itband.html

I would take a day off and do cross training.

From Steve Hooper on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 10:22:08

Hey Bill, Thanks for the link.

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:50:30

Steve - try this link

From Steve Hooper on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:57:51

Sasha, Have you tried this first hand? If so for what?

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 08:55:02

Yes, I have. Mostly for inflammations/sprains. It takes the edge off for me at first, then it heals completely a couple of days later.

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