As the lack of posts and today's title may suggest, I have been keeping my head down and working hard on recovery. I had read loads of places that ITB associated injuries were a real nightmare, and to be fair, that's right.
They are a total nightmare!
As I've said before, I've been working lots on building the muscles around the hip and the glutes that would reduce the chances of having ITB problems as well as short flat runs, separated with extremely long rest periods.
As it happens, I am now beginning to reap the benefits of the levels of patience I had no idea I possessed. Four runs deep now with not even a twinge of bother, awesome! Actually ran 3 miles today (without pain) for the first time since December.
Waves of relief are rushing over me as I type!
Anyway, back to the point. So I had been running short distances and a slow pace and today actually managed 3 miles pain fee today (which you already know) - But I also managed to throw in some trail and completed it in 27:50. Not as fast or as comfortably as pre- injury me would have managed, but definitely something to build upon.
Now I'm running injury free again I can't wait until the Buttermere 10 on March 30th, but I wont be pushing too hard too soon and I'm going to allow for plenty recovery during rest days.
On a completely separate note I have managed to get the wife out more often and actually running with me so watch this space. Exciting times in the TRN household.
