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04-16-10 | 08:32 AM

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Diegomayra

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Originally Posted by yeags

You are not going to lose any fitness if you stop running at this point, so I'd stop running until your race. Naproxen or Advil may help. IT Band straps may help, and stretching WILL help. If you can deal with the discomfort, run your race.

Afterwards, swimming and biking may be OK - i'd try them. Biking may hurt since it's a similar motion, but everyone is different. Here is a reference article I bookmarked:

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Good luck!!!

jy

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Originally Posted by GUGS

Have you done anything to work it out, deep tissue massage, or there is a foam roll that people will use to work the band, you lay on top of the foam roll and you weight on the roll will compress the band adn work it as you roll back and forth over the foam roll. Is this making sense. Good luck. Just before my last 8K my petyella went, so i backed off running ,went adn purchased the band and did the race. No PR, but I finished.

Everyone, thanks for your very helpful advice. I have stopped all running until the race date. I still bike, but not as often as I used to.
I have tried several stretch and massage techniques that I learned on the youtube videos and other resource websites. However, the pain continues to develop around mile 6. Funny coincidence, since yours flared up at mi. 5.
Those foam rollers seem illusive to find, but I am sure I can locate them locally. Definitely a good thing to have around.
I will dedicate myself to finding that compression band for the IT area. Hopefully I can locate it before this Sunday. If not, I will just stfu and htfu.

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