Run With Me 1.3

This run was BRUTAL! It began on the Manhattan side of the George Washington Bridge, and into the NJ Palisades. I still don't know what I was thinking running 12 miles (up from 10), with all those hills and in that heat. However, I do know that having bad days only makes the good days feel better.

This day was particularly bad because I hadn't run in a week from being sick, and then I neglected to do yoga to appease the tendinitis that is trying to come back and haunt me. I developed Iliotibial Band Syndrome in college when I thought it would be *fun* to join the cross country team. While I was in shape, I wasn't conditioned to run as much as we were, and because of a low arch, and weak quad and hamstring muscles, I developed ITBS. I went to physical therapy, and left the team, only to have not really run again until now. I was dreading it coming back, but so far doing yoga the night before I run, or even right before as a warm up is really helping.

Being held back by something like ITBS is extremely frustrating, and to a point makes me doubt that I'll be able to get through the marathon. But if I do what I should to avoid having problems, which is actually a much larger commitment than just running a few days a week, I should be golden.

Do you have any tips to running with ITBS? Email me at michelle at nextnewnetworks dot com

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[cometlover16]

wow!

great job!

i cant run with anything in my hands!

i just started cross country and my ffrist meeet is soon and im so nervous!

have any tips for a 2 mile races?

[MDF1099]

definitely! for one, you're gonna be awesome! two, just know that every race is going to get better. i run them constantly to get over being nervous! i'm pretty terrified of marathon day, so every time a race comes along, i run it. so, just think, run this as you can, but then measure your success at the end of the season with how you've improved.

good luck! and let me know how it goes :)

[babastein]

can someone please help me... firstly any runner is awesome, so keep it up. i have hamstring tendonistis. im a male in 10th grade. my 9th grade 5k time is 18:19. i developed hamstring tendonitis in winter and it has been with me 4 1 whole year. i havent ran in a whole fricken year. can some1 please help me. i miss running so much. any help at all would be mazing. thanks

[erikksonb]

You can't go wrong with some cortisone shots and weekly deep tissue massages.