An Inconvenient Truth
Seems a bit strange for mid September but it was another coolish start this morning - so much for global warming ;-) I was a bit reluctant to take off my long sleever even after the warm-up to West End. When we got there Pat announced we'd be doing 6 x 2 minute efforts with a 30 second fast jog recovery.
It didn't sound too hard but it sure was. In hindsight for me it was like 500m reps with a shorter than usual recovery. No wonder it hurt! Everyone busted a gut for the final one only to discover there was more in store for us - about six short sprints. Talking to others they all agreed it was a tough session. It sure felt good to finish.
It wasn't so good afterwards however. By the time I got home my left ITB (what used to be the good one) made its presence known. Very annoying, just as things seemed to be back to normal. Though truth be told its been niggly for a while and I've been trying to manage it by stretching and rolling etc. So I did a bit more of that and then got out the massage stick and attacked it. I also took an anti-inflam with lunch ... Celebrex not Voltarin :-)
I'll put it though the same treatment this evening, substituting a glass of red for the Celebrex.
It didn't sound too hard but it sure was. In hindsight for me it was like 500m reps with a shorter than usual recovery. No wonder it hurt! Everyone busted a gut for the final one only to discover there was more in store for us - about six short sprints. Talking to others they all agreed it was a tough session. It sure felt good to finish.
It wasn't so good afterwards however. By the time I got home my left ITB (what used to be the good one) made its presence known. Very annoying, just as things seemed to be back to normal. Though truth be told its been niggly for a while and I've been trying to manage it by stretching and rolling etc. So I did a bit more of that and then got out the massage stick and attacked it. I also took an anti-inflam with lunch ... Celebrex not Voltarin :-)
I'll put it though the same treatment this evening, substituting a glass of red for the Celebrex.
posted by Tesso at 7:46 PM
14 Comments:
Sorry to hear about your ITB. I hear wine works well ;-)
Sorry to hear it's flaring up again Tesso! hope it's ok for Saturday :)
Just to check, it's Regatta at 6 yeah? any idea of what kind of distance?
Voltaren is the drug of choice with a red should do the trick! Hope the ITB starts playing the game.
Glad you spared us the gorey details ;-)
Hope you will be still be able to jump up and down enough to get Darryl's attention at the concert.
hope the (good) ITB settles promptly tesso.
quite frankly even the thought of speedwork gives me a headache!
Oh no. Hope that ITB goes away. Wine does sound like a good idea though as I'm sure it will cure anything.
I hope the itb behaves itself. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Looks like GR beat me to the pun for this one. Does that mean you saw the film?
And are you into your tapering phase yet for the big double-birthday bash weekend?
What about the signed t-shirt from Dazza for Mrs BB?
A glass or three?! Its amazing how things feel so much better after a couple of glasses unfortunately I don't feel so great the next morning *speaking from experience!* Hope the pesky ITB settles down.
Yep the red will help - very medicinal.
Look on the bright side - now your bad leg is your good leg ;-)
Take care mate.
Hmmm...take care of that thing! Otherwise we are going to have both you and GoGirl down for the count at the same time...and that would not be a good thing.
Dr Don prescribes a whole bottle of red for most conditions, and 2 bottles for itb.
It's an inconvenient truth that Newcastle knights with Andrew Johns are unbeatable. Statistics don't lie!
the OTHER one? maybe it's worth risking the voltaren?
It was a tough session .... more so than others. A flare up might not be too much to worry about and it could be just that the limits were reached. I hope that by backing off a little will keep you at your peak, pain free.
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