Totally upset. Ran at Pandan Reservoir this evening. Instructions were to do an easy run for 40min and 4 sets of striding to 'test the knee'. Alas the knee was really tested! Every 2km I could feel the left knee tighten on the lower outer side, and stopped to massage-stretch before continuing. Finished the 6.3km loop in exactly 40min, with 2 stretch breaks. The sand flies were thick as blanket and buzzing everywhere. Thank goodness it was an easy run and I could keep my mouth shut throughout the period. Yucks, the sandflies were smack in the face and you could see them hovering in bunches under the lamps' illumination. Horrid! So I had to find a stretch that was sufficiently long and flies-free. Knee ironically felt ok during striding, how weird!
Anyhow, IMHO, I think it was a mildly pulled ITB. Groan..... every athlete's curse. Had tried so hard to avoid getting ITB at all over the years. :( Think I would stay off running for the week and see how if it got better. Damn sizn..... :((
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Do a search for ITB stretches. There are some you can do without the hard foam roller. Also check the underside of your cycling shoes. If the pedal has worked into them, it might restrict float and give you terrible ITB.
ITB treatment for cyclists
Runner's guide to ITB
Stability exercises for cyclists
Thanks. ITB was caused by runs, not cycling. Been practically lying on the foam roller since. :)
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