Stretching works.
I've been fairly diligent in stretching my legs. I admit, that I thought my knee was going to hurt yesterday. I ran well until the 5 km point, at which I could start to feel the ITB tightening. It was never painful, but it would have been if my run had gone any further. I also ran on the opposite side of the road. I've read that continously running on the same side of a cambered road will cause problems for your legs.
So I'll keep stretching and switching sides. Hopefully I'll be able to get back up to where my mileage was in a few more weeks. Injuries stink.
At first this was about doing a triathlon. Now it's about life, which still makes it about triathlon...
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Cambered?
Yes, cambered.
From dictionary.com:
cam·ber
n.
1 a) A slightly arched surface, as of a road, a ship's deck, an airfoil, or a snow ski.
b) The condition of having an arched surface.
2 A setting of automobile wheels in which they are closer together at the bottom than at the top.
intr. & tr.v. cam·bered, cam·ber·ing, cam·bers
heck ya..those cambered roads will eat your legs up..they cause a total imbalance in your hips where your ITB attaches..massage there as well!!
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