I am spending the next couple of weeks focusing and taking it easy. I have some stiffness in my right knee and hip flexor (IT Band?). I am basically on 10 a day easy. My last workout was Wednesday with Josh Ferenc @ Bellows Falls track (we ran into Tim Eno on the warmup).
4 X 1200
3:55
4:01
3:55
3:52
I feel good and want to stay loose. I am starting to get pretty worked up. Let's Do This!!!
Justin,
ReplyDeleteIt does sound like your IT band. I had a pretty serious case of IT band tedonitis in HS, but it is the type of thing that is very responsive to stretching, just be proactive about it. I found that the best stretch was to lie face down, bring you broken leg up in a kneeling position, and then point that foot and lower leg towards the other side of your body as much as you can without straining your knee. Now just put your weight straight down on the broken hip. Your good leg should be straight out in back, and the bad leg should be in some sort of V with your knee lateral to your head. It's not a common stretch, but it works much better than the other IT band stretches. Other than that, try to stay off the pavement (camber is very bad) or any uniform surfaces. Semi-technical singletrack would be good to give the band a break from the repetitive aggravation of flat, even terrain. Mine started bothering me the other day on flat trail. I should go stretch....
Ben
Thanks man! The stretch works well. I think the camber is what gets this going.
ReplyDeleteNo problem! Just keep stretching for a while. It's a funny injury in that it can definitely slow you down without causing much pain at all. A tight IT band can feel like premature leg fatigue towards the end of the race or run. Your leg may not hurt, but it'll tire more easily if you are fighting a restrictive IT band. Looks like that 50k across the pond may have a loaded field.
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