It's official!
Well...(sheepish grin) ... it wasnt the knee after all. The culprit is the oh-so-fancy-sounding illiotibial band. I have a condition similar to Vikas'. ITBS. No points for guessing, Illio Tibial Band Syndrome.
So, last night was a restless one. Slept late instead of early, didnt sleep well, didnt drink enough water. Woke up in the morning to feel uneasy and had a tummy upset. It was really foggy outside and I suddenly had cold feet thinking I wouldnt be able to run!!! Well, but then did my usual energy-drink-and-GU ritual (It's not how it sounds!!!) and then off I was with the other warriors, to the running field. Well, Lubdha and I discussed the distance to run and after much deliberation, decided to do the longer 4.8 mile loop around GreenLake-WoodlandPark and the 2.8 mile loop around the lake. (There are ducks to look at while running, and it's a curious sight. Well... the ducks might be enjoying watching my antics as well :0D) (And I got my pair of gloves finally, but it turned out to be warm today. Drat!) Anyways, as we ambled off towards our goals, both Lubdha and I were merrily chatting and not focussing on our respective injuries. Alas, we couldnt wish them away. It turned out to be a disastrous series of stretch-stops, walks, painful masochistic running and more pain. As I hobbled back to my 4.8 mile return point, I was in tremendous pain already. Luckily, Cary could identify my symptoms as classic ITBS ones, having suffered from it herself. The stretches she prescribed eased it quite a bit. I was all raring to go for the second loop, but Lubdha's words of wisdom held me back. I hoped it would be fine if I just took it a little easy.
But then, when'd life start getting this easy. A slight-warning-but-nothing-much injury would have not prompted me to write all this. So as I tried on a new pair of shoes at the Super Jock n' Jill Annivery sale, I could not even run for the life of me. Man! This is frustrating. I have been tightly wound (well, not as tightly as the @#$@ ITB) ever since!! I WANT TO RUN THE MARATHON. And I want to run another one... and another one... and another...
So am going to do all it takes to get back on line. I can now hear a disticnt cocking sound from the knee every time I bend it while walking. I hope it's for effects only. Well, fingers crossed. And legs too. (That's the stretch that causes the ITB to ease the pressure from the knee and stimulates the hip muscle in the band).
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So, last night was a restless one. Slept late instead of early, didnt sleep well, didnt drink enough water. Woke up in the morning to feel uneasy and had a tummy upset. It was really foggy outside and I suddenly had cold feet thinking I wouldnt be able to run!!! Well, but then did my usual energy-drink-and-GU ritual (It's not how it sounds!!!) and then off I was with the other warriors, to the running field. Well, Lubdha and I discussed the distance to run and after much deliberation, decided to do the longer 4.8 mile loop around GreenLake-WoodlandPark and the 2.8 mile loop around the lake. (There are ducks to look at while running, and it's a curious sight. Well... the ducks might be enjoying watching my antics as well :0D) (And I got my pair of gloves finally, but it turned out to be warm today. Drat!) Anyways, as we ambled off towards our goals, both Lubdha and I were merrily chatting and not focussing on our respective injuries. Alas, we couldnt wish them away. It turned out to be a disastrous series of stretch-stops, walks, painful masochistic running and more pain. As I hobbled back to my 4.8 mile return point, I was in tremendous pain already. Luckily, Cary could identify my symptoms as classic ITBS ones, having suffered from it herself. The stretches she prescribed eased it quite a bit. I was all raring to go for the second loop, but Lubdha's words of wisdom held me back. I hoped it would be fine if I just took it a little easy.
But then, when'd life start getting this easy. A slight-warning-but-nothing-much injury would have not prompted me to write all this. So as I tried on a new pair of shoes at the Super Jock n' Jill Annivery sale, I could not even run for the life of me. Man! This is frustrating. I have been tightly wound (well, not as tightly as the @#$@ ITB) ever since!! I WANT TO RUN THE MARATHON. And I want to run another one... and another one... and another...
So am going to do all it takes to get back on line. I can now hear a disticnt cocking sound from the knee every time I bend it while walking. I hope it's for effects only. Well, fingers crossed. And legs too. (That's the stretch that causes the ITB to ease the pressure from the knee and stimulates the hip muscle in the band).
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