Date with the foam roller
>> Thursday, March 19, 2009 –
Foam Roller,
Spin
Monday I went out for a nice 9 mile run. I went out with no course, distance, etc in mind. I ended up running on a road that had a little too much grade. I switched sides a few times but I eventually started to feel some tightness in my IT band. I actually stopped at my parents house on my run to have one of them give me a ride home. It was either run another 2.5 miles home or call it a day and not push it. So after a really hard spin class yesterday my IT band was really tight today.
I had a 'man date' with an old HS friend tonight and after that I went on a date with the foam roller. Let me say...OUCH. I've befriended the foam roller previously but this time the foam roller was not my friend. The foam roller just laid on there as I passed my body over it time and time again. It hurt! The foam roller did nothing to ease the pain, it seemed to intensify. After 6 - 8 passes in each spot I had to call it quits.
Tomorrow is going to be an easy 90 min spin. Saturday is my Stationary Bike Race to benefit Cerebral Palsy. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED TO THIS GREAT CAUSE! If you still want to donate or find out more about the race and cause please visit my personal donation site. http://www.firstgiving.com/borschintraining
If I only ride one 25 min time trial on the bike I might head out for some intervals, if I end up doing 2 (our team is short three people as of yesterday) I may wait until Sunday. I'd like to get in some solid half mile intervals before the Winter Be Gone Duathlon next month. I think I'm in good shape for doing long runs but another faster than 9:30's really starts to zap me. I'm going to do the short course for the Winter Be Gone which is 2.25 mile run, 13 mile bike and it finishes with a 2 mile run. So it is time for some speed work!
Ahhhh yes my FR and I have had a couple dates as well. I hate/love that thing *sigh*
Smart move stopping at the 'rents' and getting that ride. It could have been a BIG mistake to push it. I've done that - pushed when I should have stopped - and I lived to regret it.
No more, I tell myself. Run smart, even if that means, on some day, running abbreviated.
Good luck this weekend! Sounds like a great cause.
2 dates in 1 night....maybe your foam roller sensed you had just been out on your man date so didn't feel like playing nice.
have a great time at the race saturday!
Smart move on ending the run early.
But the foam roller...is ouch!
6-8 passes?? That is like a herculean task. Way to go!
Good luck with the bike race and take care of that IT Band.
hope you avoid an it injury! it was suggested to me by my coach to use the roller everyday for a couple weeks. it totally helped and it got to be pain free within that time. good luck
Send me your email address at ironjenny@mac.com... sorry I haven't checked my blogs lately - I've been pulled in other directions lately - but I do want to talk to you about the comment you left about Coke.
Both a man-date and a date with an inanimate objects. You sound more like a female...
I really hate the FR but it does help!!