I’m still not running, but I am now more in the “sanguine” realm than “cranky.” A couple of reasons:
- I’m pretty sure that, after I said it wasn’t, this really is an IT band problem. This started feeling much more like my previous go-’rounds with ITB syndrome on Sunday, and that made me both frustrated (because I knew it would take a little longer to get well than a simple muscle strain) and happy (because I knew how to take care of it).
- I now own a wicked cool blue foam roller and 3 new therabands. I’m all about the equipment.
- I am hopeful that I’ll be back to light, short jogs by this weekend.
- SVHM is allowing me to defer to 2012.
- I have come up with Plan B.
Plan B: Let this heal, now that there’s no pressure. I’ve been feeling the need to hurry it up somehow so that I could at least jog/walk the half, but given the deferral I am happier just doing what I need to do and taking it slow. Also featured in Plan B: get some other stuff done on Sundays besides a 2 hour run and then an hour of eating and another hour of nap.
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