I decided to test the extent of my ITB strain tonight, after 4 days of resting and massages. We were doing MF hills for our Strides class. I parked at Safra and jogged up Morse Rd. It was my test to see if my knee was ok for today's class. If it hurt during the 2km warm-up, I would skip class.
Knee felt ok. So I thought I would try the loops. 5 loops in the reverse direction, and 4 in our normal Safra MF direction. I completed 7 loops, having to stop every 2-3 loops for a thorough stretch.
Running up was fine, but not down. My right knee tightened progressively as I gingerly jogged downhill. My timings were so irregular that Coach gave up recording. "They're not real.", he said.
Reverse direction:
10:50min, 10:26, stretch, 9:57, 10:39
Stretch.
Normal direction:
8:28, 9:59, stretch, 11:27
But just so thankful that I was still able to run.
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