solar squirrel

First off - I’ve been consumed with school so sorry for the absence of posts.  (Had to go to class all day Friday and Saturday including a presentation on a book that I stayed up all night Thursday night reading…)  Also work has been killing me, but I FINALLY had a breakthrough this past Thursday and my software written in C appears to be playing nicely (and, more importantly WORKING) with the assembly code that I integrated with it.

If that above paragraph doesn’t give you an indication as to why I run, you obviously handle stress better than I do.

So - I went to the Dr. - the same one E-Speed went to - and he told me that the problem I have been having with my knee isn’t IT band like I thought, but something called “Synovial Impingement Syndrome”.  I think this can also be referred to as ‘runner’s knee’.  Basically I have irritated the cartilage or something and it’s causing swelling and pain.  I think this is related to my IT-band becoming tight, so the stretching can’t hurt.  My treatment:  overdose on ibuprofin for 2 weeks but I can continue to train as usual.  My plan is to deal with the pain until after the Tow Path marathon.  After that I’ll take a minimum of 2 weeks completely off from running, possibly 3.  The Dr. said that running won’t do any permanent damage, so if I have to deal with a little pain then I will.  It’s just kind of scary taking so many ibuprofin - I have taken more in the past week then I usually take in an entire year!

I’m planning on running 20 miles at about an 8:30 pace in Solon with SERC on Sunday, so we’ll see how that goes!