I stated in my last entry that finishing up my 15 mile long run on the 16th, I experienced some pretty severe IT Band pain around mile 12. Well the next day at practice, I couldn’t finish a 6 mile easy run, cutting back to 5 and was forced to stop and walk about 5 times along the way as I trotted along at 8 min+/mile. After limping back to the track and talking to Coach, I was instructed to lay low for awhile, and report back to him on how I was feeling daily. To make a long story short, I took off the next 6 days and skipped our scrimmage against
On Monday the 24th, I decided to give it a go and return to practice. I told James (VanderWiele) that I didn’t want to push the pace or anything today, which he agreed too. Surprisingly, I was able to get through the easy 5 miler followed by 6x100 strides pretty well. About 3 miles in I had some ITB pain, but it subsided shortly after and wasn’t nearly as strong as 1 week prior. The next day, my coach was cautious and told me I did not have to run in the track workout he had scheduled for the day. However, I decided to at least give it a shot and see how my ITB feels again. Again to my surprise, I got through the workout with little pain. The workout consisted of 3x600, 3x400, and 4x100 strides (plus a short warm-up and cool down). James and I stayed very consistent, holding
The rest of the week was pretty routine, 6 easy on Weds followed by strides. Thursday was a Scrimmage against
I’m feeling a lot more confident about myself now than I was a week ago, where I was demoralized and thought my outdoor season was in great jeopardy. From this point on, I’ll probably stay on the conservative side by limiting my two-a-day runs (no more before school runs for awhile), and keeping the long runs shorter until I feel 100% again. I should still be able to hold decent mileage in the mid 50s all season, which sounds like a good plan.
Now looking ahead, we have our first official meet on Tuesday against
-Rob A