Context: 15yr old 800: 2:12 1600: 4:36 3200: 9:59 40mpw
been battling ITBS last 4 weeks and after I race a 32 it got way worse
I took off and did the elliptical for 3 days and then did some easy runs
the easy runs are fine but when I do anything faster then (6 flat?) it feels like the outside of my knee is catching and affects my stride and becomes pretty sore after
I want to keep racing and training hard, but don't want to affect my summer training block
what should I do?
Although I've never had it myself, foam rolling the area helps a lot with ITBS I've heard.
Also once you gain more experience with running you'll learn that anything less than a few months is nothing. You'll bounce back quickly at your age. For now if foam rolling doesn't work I would recommend finding a painless cross-training method to maintian fitness until you heal.
You are young and should be able to recover fitness quickly. The best thing to do when injured is accept it and the limitations it imposes. Cross-train to maintain fitness if you want to, but don’t be afraid to take time off completely, or just take it easy, until your body heals.
Dealt with a similar problem before, make sure to roll the ITB and take maybe a week off depending on how bad it is (if not just take it very easy). To actually get rid of the issue, try strengthening your glutes, weakness in the glutes often cause ITBS.
Run through the pain until your injury catastrophically cripples you to the point where you accept it.
Barefoot shoes fixed this for me
injuredhsrunner wrote:
Context: 15yr old 800: 2:12 1600: 4:36 3200: 9:59 40mpw
been battling ITBS last 4 weeks and after I race a 32 it got way worse
I took off and did the elliptical for 3 days and then did some easy runs
the easy runs are fine but when I do anything faster then (6 flat?) it feels like the outside of my knee is catching and affects my stride and becomes pretty sore after
I want to keep racing and training hard, but don't want to affect my summer training block
what should I do?
Why do you need to accept it? Don’t accept it. See what happens.
"I'm injured"
Step 1 is accepting that you’re injured. Once you’ve completed step 1, you’ve reached the end of your journey.
shut er down. you don't heal an overuse injury by stubbornly using it some more. you have 2-3 more years. only an idiot finishes a "training block" hurt. this is not the olympics, you don't risk the rest of your playing the sport to, what, train? you let it heal then build towards XC.
