This morning at my Physical Therapist I was officially cleared to start running again. He says to do 3 miles Thursday and Saturday, 5 miles on Monday and Tuesday, maintain the stretching and hip exercises I have been doing and he will make the call next Wednesday whether or not to clear me to continue.
I have ridden the roller coaster of rest/run several times this winter with the same results. This time I took the extra step of working with the PT and doing daily stretches and exercises focused on getting my IT Band back in good order. Today, during my appointment, I ran over a mile on their treadmill and felt no pain or discomfort at all. I felt better than any run I've done since November.
I am trying not to get to hopeful and count my chickens here, but I really do feel the difference in my hips and core strength. I am really looking forward to Salt Lake in 2.5 weeks. But more than anything, I am looking forward to a return to normalcy with my knee and not having to stress about it each time I lace up my shoes!
Keep your fingers crossed.
2 comments:
Just wondering if, maybe, you were going to try this next?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/05/11/namibia.race/index.html
Real,
Hadn't seen this one but I would SO do it! My dream race is probably the Comrads in South Africa, but I would kill for an ultramarathon experience like the one you linked to. Of course, I probably wouldn't survive the training, let alone the experience, but that wouldn't stop me as much as the $3100 bucks would... Care to sponsor a fool?
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