Thursday - 8km in 35 mins (4.23/km pace). Still sore in the knee - mostly it seems from the cortisone shot and the tendon needling. It's a bit bruised and tender. Difficult to walk downhill so don't know how I could run downhill. Soreness was different from ITB soreness when I was running though . I felt a couple of twinges of ITB type soreness when I picked up pace to around marathon pace (more likely 4.10/km than 4.00/km though). Still generally sore now so don't really know where I am at as far as Rottnest goes. Ongoing assessment I guess. The pain running today was tolerable to the extent that I think I could put up with it for a marathon as long as it didn't too much worse.
I actually woke up at 3.45am this morning and had to go to the loo. Then I couldn't get back to sleep due to nerves about going for a run. It was worse than before most races I have done and took me about an hour to get back to sleep.
I'm hoping that the soreness is from the the needling and that it will continue to settle down. Would have liked to speak to my doctor today to get some advice on how regularly (and how far) I should run now that I can run again but he is not in today so will have to be tomorrow. I think I will try to do a similar run again tomorrow. I don't feel like I should be trying to run too far and it's too close for there to be any real benefit in any case. I do feel like I should try to get my body used to running at the pace I would like to run the marathon at but depending on how the knee improves (or doesn't improve) I may need to re-assess my goals.
At the moment I have no idea and the spectrum of goals ranges from still trying to run 4-4.02/km average pace to 4.15/km (sub 3hr) through to just finishing. Might have to put this one down to experience as a test of character rather than a test of how fast I can run.
I have been doing the self massage with cricket ball and rolling pin and have a physio appointment tomorrow. I can't get in to see the massage therapist recommended by Sugar until Wednesday next week so will probably look to get another physio session maybe Monday.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
ITB - the diagnosis
Saw a Doctor at Sportsmed Subiaco today and had a cortisone shot into the inflammed bursar and also some needling of the tendon under local anaethetic. Doc said he could feel scar tissue when he was needling so thinks that I am pushing it to be able run a pain free marathon at Rottnest (pretty unlikely he thinks). He hopes that what he has done today will result in less/different pain but says my ITB is still too tight. Apparently though, I can't do any permanent damage so the question is if I can put up with the pain.
I am to do self massage with rolling pin and a cricket ball twice a day (not into the knee for 4-5 days) and also get some massage from someone who will "get right in there" on my ITB and is prepared to make it hurt.
I am to run on Thursday morning - nothing long but I'm allowed to try some quicker stuff so probably try 8.4km with 3-4km @ marathon pace.
Also saw the oesteopath this morning - I had the trifecta - ribs, back and pelvis all out of alignment so no wonder I've crocked myself. All lined up now though. I sounded like a bowl of rice bubbles under manipulation.
Back to the doc after the marathon for longer term solution re the ITB.
I'm going to do everything I can to get to the starting line with half a chance of finishing. That means being able to run more than 3.5km though which is something that was beyond me on Sunday.
I am to do self massage with rolling pin and a cricket ball twice a day (not into the knee for 4-5 days) and also get some massage from someone who will "get right in there" on my ITB and is prepared to make it hurt.
I am to run on Thursday morning - nothing long but I'm allowed to try some quicker stuff so probably try 8.4km with 3-4km @ marathon pace.
Also saw the oesteopath this morning - I had the trifecta - ribs, back and pelvis all out of alignment so no wonder I've crocked myself. All lined up now though. I sounded like a bowl of rice bubbles under manipulation.
Back to the doc after the marathon for longer term solution re the ITB.
I'm going to do everything I can to get to the starting line with half a chance of finishing. That means being able to run more than 3.5km though which is something that was beyond me on Sunday.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Lord of the Idiots
Saturday - didn't run.
Sunday - was entered in the Fremantle Fun Run 10km but was unable to race due to ITB issue. Seemed like fantastic conditions weather wise so hope it was good down in Freo for those running.
Having had a day off, I decided that I would try to get through an easy 27km run. Although I had been forced to stop and walk on Friday, I was hoping that was a one off and that I would be able to get though a longer run as I had the Sunday before.
Knee was OK when I started but got progessively worse to the extent that I had to stop at the Marathon Club (after about 3.5km) and do the walk of shame home.
No running for me until after Tuesday's sport doctor visit and then only after the doc says I should run so probably the end of the week at the absolute earliest. If necessary, I won't run at all until the marathon on the 18th but I hope that I will be able to run a bit earlier than that. I think I am going to have to give this inflammation the maximum opportunity to settle down and stop stirring it up by continuing running.
Really p!ssed off at the moment. Think I definitely would have run a PB this morning but more importantly (disappointingly) I think there is a pretty good chance that 5 months of getting up at 5.45-6am and the associated hard training have gone down the sh!tter. Not to mention the approx $1000 spent on accommodation, ferry fares and race entry for Rotto.
Would be nice to get some good news on Tuesday but I'm not really that confident. If there was a suitable location nearbly (Blackwall Reach maybe?), I would be recreating the last scene of Quadrophenia with the scooter which was undoubtedly the cause of this problem and which I felt like kicking the sh!t out of when I got back from my "walk" this morning.
Sunday - was entered in the Fremantle Fun Run 10km but was unable to race due to ITB issue. Seemed like fantastic conditions weather wise so hope it was good down in Freo for those running.
Having had a day off, I decided that I would try to get through an easy 27km run. Although I had been forced to stop and walk on Friday, I was hoping that was a one off and that I would be able to get though a longer run as I had the Sunday before.
Knee was OK when I started but got progessively worse to the extent that I had to stop at the Marathon Club (after about 3.5km) and do the walk of shame home.
No running for me until after Tuesday's sport doctor visit and then only after the doc says I should run so probably the end of the week at the absolute earliest. If necessary, I won't run at all until the marathon on the 18th but I hope that I will be able to run a bit earlier than that. I think I am going to have to give this inflammation the maximum opportunity to settle down and stop stirring it up by continuing running.
Really p!ssed off at the moment. Think I definitely would have run a PB this morning but more importantly (disappointingly) I think there is a pretty good chance that 5 months of getting up at 5.45-6am and the associated hard training have gone down the sh!tter. Not to mention the approx $1000 spent on accommodation, ferry fares and race entry for Rotto.
Would be nice to get some good news on Tuesday but I'm not really that confident. If there was a suitable location nearbly (Blackwall Reach maybe?), I would be recreating the last scene of Quadrophenia with the scooter which was undoubtedly the cause of this problem and which I felt like kicking the sh!t out of when I got back from my "walk" this morning.
Friday, October 2, 2009
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