had to defer my entry to the NYC marathon to 2019 and will be starting physical therapy tomorrow. I was in no shape because I just couldn’t get the distance without my IT band flaring up and crippling me. I needed someone (or something) to tell me to just stop pushing it, rest, and get at it next year. I’m stubborn.
:( huge bummer. Do you foam roll? I used to have IT band problems until I got a roller and one of those wand rollers too. I do it every night before I go to bed -- training or not training. It's made a huge difference.
Girlfriend and I ran a costumed 5k at a brewery this weekend. SURPRISINGLY did not win the costume contest.
ya'll they are doing cupping therapy for my IT band and it hurts so good. my leg is full of bruises. also, to the rollers out there... my therapist said to not do that and her reasoning made sense to me. the whole problem with IT band is it's rubbing on your bone, rolling only applies more pressure to the band/bone. I know it's recommended every where but she, and the other other therapists, said that it can do more harm than good.
I was out there yesterday cheering on the runners I managed for the non-profit I work for, always a fun time. sucks because I was supposed to be out there and it was really bumming me out. next year! the highlight was seeing this elderly woman dribbling two basketballs down first avenue.
I love helping and cheering on at races. Especially ultras. I spent the entire weekend with very little sleep in the mountains for the Pinhoti 100. Me and some trail runner buddies hopped aid station to aid station the whole day Saturday helping out and hanging out. Filling water bottles, retrieving drop bags, making quesadillas, ect.... From about 10pm until 2am I was pacing my friend for a 14 mile stretch on one of the mountain ridge lines. It was mostly a power hike considering she was having bad knee pain, but we got to run a smidge on some easy terrain. Good thing is she finished in 29h:45m or so on a 30h cut off. And..... I got to meet and chat with Karl Meltzer for a bit since his wife was running the race(he ran it last year). As well as Jeff Browning ran it this year and won it. He missed the course record by 15 minutes because someone apparently moved some flags around which sent him off course. My long "medium term" goal is knock out some cool 50k-50mile distance races in 2019, and then shoot for the Pinhoti 100 in November 2020. I haven't even ran a marathon distance yet, but my eyes are set to those things.
Signed up for a half marathon on Saturday. I'm feeling good about my fitness and want to see how I do. It's an inaugural local half with a good bit of people signed up for it so I'm excited to jump in. This week i'll hit 35 miles and next week i'll be 38-40(then another recv week). I feel like though, next week might be a struggle since I'll probably push 50+ hours at work. I'm just going to see how I feel when I get there.
this race is unreal https://deadspin.com/ultrarunner-courtney-dauwalter-takes-on-the-worlds-most-1830136537
Courtney Dauwalter is unreal. I think the best thing about her is that she doesn't spout all kinds of self-prophesizing gobbledygook about her incredible feats. She just talks about eating nachos and drinking beer, humble as all hell. Someone actually flagged her 2017 experience on Joe Rogan's podcast (I know, but in this one he barely talks) for me today and I listened to the entire two-hour thing. What a fascinating woman/human being.
Finished my half today at 1:36:57. 7:25 pace per mile. A PR for sure. Last PR was 1:52 in Feb. I’ve came a long way with my training and only looking up from here. I felt the best I’ve ever felt in a race. Felt like a had more in the tank at the end as I wasn’t keeled over or anything. Got 4th in my age groups 13th overall, but 3rd for awards so I got a pink glass which is dope. It started and ended at a brewery so I’m currently sitting here drinking lots of water cause I’ve already had 3 brews...........
Amazing time and what a huge PB! If anyone doesn't know what parkrun is, it's free timed 5k's organised by volunteers all around the UK (and other parts of the world). For years I used to always go to the same one but recently I've been going to a different parkrun every Saturday morning. It's been really nice to explore more of London and start my weekend with something new and explorative. Today I met my friend at his local parkrun in south west London. He bumped into a friend of his who was a bit of a cocky so-and-so, bragging about his PB and making comments about people who go to parkrun every week for not having anything better to do. Just came across as a bit of a twat. Anyway, I felt him over my shoulder the whole race, but just about held on and beat him by 4 seconds. It felt pretty great haha.
Fractured my foot back in July and it was killing me to not be able to run. I was told by my doctors that I could start activity again in September though, so I’ve been slowly trying to run again. It hurt a lot but since they seemed to think I’d be fine I just figured it would go away and I needed to toughen up. Last week it just felt weird though so I went back to get checked out and found out that there is a 2nd fracture they missed the first time around which has not healed, hence the continued pain and everything. I’m incredibly frustrated. I guess I just have to be patient and do what I can though. Hopefully I’m ready to go by the spring.
Man that’s a huge bummer to hear. No other way to put it. However, pull it back to a “birds eye view” and it’s not that much time off in the grand scheme of things. Heck, it’s too cold(or at least sucky to the max) to run most of the time this time a year anyway!