A couple weeks ago I ran 20 miles. It was a great run. No aches. No pains. I was full of energy afterwards, too. Really, a great run. Last week was a 10 mile recovery run. It was not so good. ITband pains started kicking. The muscle started to lock up at mile 7 but I was able to muscle through it. But then my right IT band started hurting too.
Today was supposed to be a 23 miles run. I didn't make it the whole way. In fact I could barely make it halfway. At about mile 6 I could feel my ITBands start hurting in both legs. As soon as that happened I knew that I wouldn't make it for the whole run. Each mile my legs just got worse and worse. Then after one of the walk breaks I tried to start running again and my knees had almost frozen on me. I could walk, but I couldn't run. I let the others in my group go on ahead. There was no point in trying to catch up, besides they were coming up to a turnaround soon so on their way back they would pass me again on their way back.
The thing that really worries me is that my ankles are hurting too. I think it might have something to do with my insoles. I bought blue colored general "superfeet" insoles instead of the green performance ones. I am going to go to TopToTop and talk to them about it.
I did buy some new socks last night. They were really great. What makes them so great, you ask? Two words. Double Layer! That's right. No more blisters. The feet slide and get more bounce. What a difference. Of course, they didn't really help me much today...But I know they will. Jen, one of the people in my pace group had recommended these to everyone. They are a little more than normal socks. $6.50 for a pair. But Jen really summed it up this way. "we'll spend $4 for a cappucino at starbucks, but we won't spend a few extra bucks to keep our feet comfy when we run for 4 hours" ok maybe that isn't a direct quote, but it'll do.
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