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schererville,IN,

Member Since:

Mar 02, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Madison Inaugural 1/2 Marathon August 2009 2:02:48--yippee PR!

Fall Frolic 4 miler Nov 09PR 33:27 AG 4th place

Race to Wrigley 5K April 2010 PR 24:54

Short-Term Running Goals:

PR my 5k time. But maybe for now I should shoot for under 30 minutes.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free and see where that takes me.

Personal:

I have a husband who is wonderful, three beautiful dogs, I'm a teacher, and I'm a runner. Life is good.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Mizuno Rider 12 #2 Lifetime Miles:						327.30
Mizuno Rider 12 # 3 Lifetime Miles:						384.86
Turquoise Riders Lifetime Miles:						53.25

Wed, Dec 30, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
4.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.75

7:45 am 12 with the wind chill

I forgot my shoes at my mom's..blah! So I'm back to wearing the old ones until I get those back. About mile 4 my IT band starts hurting again. Should I be icing it post run? I have been stretching it and using the tennis ball. Today I"m going to get a foam roller. Garmin was dead (wasn't plugged into the wall) so I don't have any stats.

Last night I wrote up my Marathon training plan according to Hal Higdon's intermediate 2 level. I"m pretty psyched. I will spend the rest of December and January building myself up and then the actual 18 weeks starts in February!

Mizuno Precision Miles: 4.75

Comments

From Snoqualmie on Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:16:11 from 24.18.192.33

You are SO SMART to build up before the 18 weeks begins! I am really happy for you.

Sorry to hear about the pain. I am not a big fan of icing unless you see or believe there is inflammation. Arnica is good for many bruising issues. Beyond that, I don't think I have anything to offer except what we talked about before with the TMS issues. Good luck!

You've had a good month! Hope you get your shoes back soon. :)

From april27 on Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 14:52:44 from 99.188.251.180

thanks Sno---OMG if this is TMS kill me. There is no swelling there, is no bruising...Okay I'm going to write in my journal and then think positive thoughts...

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 18:11:02 from 67.166.75.37

Positive thoughts are good for lots of things.

Too bad about the shoes, but props to you for running in the cold.

From auntieem on Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 18:21:15 from 24.17.177.218

Don't ice the IT; it will slow down the blood flow and you need the blood flow. Can't remember if I told you about the tennis ball thing or not. Take a tennis ball, place it on your butt, where the IT band connects. Just poke around until you find the place where it hurts. Roll against the wall for awhile with the tennis ball on your sore butt place. This one really helped me. Also, say the affected IT is the left side. Lay on your back knees bent; tip both knees to the right. Then, place the foot of the R leg on top of the knee of the L leg to give a little extra stretch to that pesky band. Hope this helps.

From april27 on Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 00:31:05 from 99.188.251.180

Aunt--now I"m confused. I thought/know the attachment point for the IT Band is on the side of the knee...that is the part that hurts...not my butt.

And I have been using the tennis ball. They didn't have the rollers at the store yesterday (out of stock maybe??)

From Tracy on Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 10:54:04 from 173.23.75.96

Oh no! Not the shoes! I've done that before and it sucks. Hopefully you'll be able to get back there soon!

One of my favorite IT stretches is to get down on one knee (like you're getting ready to stretch your hip flexor, with the leg you're trying to stretch in front), then drop your front leg so that your lower leg and your knee is resting on the floor, slide your back leg so that it is stretched behind you, and lean over your front leg.

You can also stand, place the foot of the leg you'd like to stretch behind the other foot and lean away from the side you're stretching (your body makes a C, sort of).

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