Re: Monday confession - OT

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WOW Andy. Seems your on top off getting all the recoup help you will

need. Good job!

So ya went a little hay wire on the eating? LOL! I don't know that I

have ever heard you " say " that before. Well, I am sure you will pull

it all in this week.

Hope everything works out for you!

Let us know what the PT says.

Machelle

>

> I pretty much had a free-for-all last week. Actually, that was

> supposed to be the plan since it was post marathon, but only for a

> couple days. It ended up being the entire week. This week I'm

going

> to eat clean and get back to lifting for a few weeks. I'm

planning to

> run another marathon on June 17th, but have not registered yet. I

> need to see first if I can recover from the last one.

>

> I ran 3 times last week. On Saturday, I experienced a

> tightness/slight pain below my left knee on the inside of the leg

> while running. It's patellar tendinitis, commonly known as

jumper's

> knee, but distance runners can get as well. It doesn't seem too

bad,

> but I will be doing the exercises to fix and prevent from happening

> again. Often there is no pain and just tightness and a dull

ache. I

> need to strengthen the quads. The good news I can continue to run

on

> flat courses as long as it doesn't hurt too much.

>

> On Wed, I have an appointment with a physical therapist. I've had

a

> recurring left outside ankle problem (stiffness/soreness/swelling)

> when my long runs reach 18 or so miles. I'm guessing it is a shoe

or

> pronation problem. This PT has helped other runners that I know so

> I'm hopeful.

>

> Andy

>