Bad, Worse, Worst
With my triumphant return (hah!) to the blogging world, I decided to keep the theme going and got off my butt to do a run last a couple days ago. Just a short three mile run to test out the ITB and to get my heart doing something more than keeping me alive as I sit on my butt getting fatter. In summary:
1. My ITB is indeed not healed. It doesn’t kill me when I run, but it’s still not right. I think if I try and just run through it, it’s going to get worse.
2. My comfortable pace has slowed down somewhere between 30-45 seconds per mile or so. Purely based on RPE and not looking at heart rate or anything.
3. Looking at heart rate, my average heart rate for my comfortable run is 20 beats higher for what’s ultimately a slower pace.
So there you have it. Com posted not too long ago about not slacking in the off-season and not letting all your hard work go to waste. Well, I’m living proof that indeed, it doesn’t take much time for your body to go from an all time high to a average at best level. So if you’re able, by all means keep it going!
Looks like it’s at least a few more days of rest and good eats for me.