This weekend was a lot of fun-recap to come soon.
With that said, my body seems to still hate me. A lot. I guess it is still adjusting to the amount of races and exercise I have been doing–which is very frustrating because I want to do more. I am sore. Much more than I ever have been. And not “body aching” sore-more like- “hurt” sore. But I don’t want to rest. Grrrr.
I am going to take this as my recovery week (I think). Less mileage, massage, rest. Previous TNT plans always allowed for a long mileage/heavier week, recovery week, repeat. I am going back to that until Big Sur (per Lisa’s plan advice from last week).
From what I can tell, my IT band is very, very, very angry up near my hip bone. I am hoping that all it needs is a good massage. Said massage is already scheduled for Wednesday evening. I am hoping that the foot pain that is still lingering from a few weeks ago is also just muscle pain that Will (massage guy) had found before. Odd, neither hurt while running.
I have lots going on with work and I will be busy working on my Nuun HTC application this week….
so.
PFTW
Monday: rest. yes, I actually did it.
Tuesday: 4-6 easy miles with Sara (whatever she is up for)
Wednesday: upper body weights and cross train
Thursday: 4-6 miles, maybe pilates
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 10 miles
Sunday: walk, light run, rest–not sure yet.
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Hope your IT band feels better!
Roll baby roll! Not sure if you like yoga but Rodney Yee's "yoga for athletes" really helps w my it band. He has a link routine for runners that hits all the good spots. Last year my goal was to do it 1-2 x per week but dummy me I stopped about 4 weeks before my marathon. Hmmm.
That was supposed to be "brief" routine.
IT bands are so annoying! Rest up and hope you feel better.
It's amazing how busy your "recovery" week is. I hope that Will can work some miracles for you. I love my massage guy too.