They call it a brick cause that's what your legs feel like when you go from one activity to the next - a couple of bricks. (Actually, I think they might more accurately feel like jelly. But, whatever.)
I spent most of last year recovering from IT band syndrome. Or should I say, recovering from treatment for IT band syndrome. Your IT band runs along the outside of your upper leg, from your pelvic bone to just below your knee. When it gets too tight, it rubs against the bursa on the outside of your hip bone. For me, that resulted in bursistis. The orthopedist decided that I needed a shot of cortisone, which made everything way worse for me, and resulted in doing lots of physical therapy. I've also had runner's knee, which is when you knee cap starts popping out of the groove it's supposed to go in. In high school, I developed a problem with the tendons and ligaments in my ankles. The tendon would snap out of alignment and I'd fall to the ground. It'd snap back in and after my head quit spinning, I'd be fine, but sore. The doc told me then that if I kept running sprints I could tear the tendon and permanently mess myself up. (I have an issue where my connective tissue gets "looser" than normal, so I'm really prone to these kinds of injuries.) -d On 1/30/06, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sundays are my days of rest. Well, I was going to rest all day Sunday > but I got really restless as it was gorgeous outside. And I love to play > around with the basketball. I did resist running ... As I thought about > it for about a minute or so. > > I am concsious of not overdoing it, and when I feel a twinge that isn't > normal, I slow down or stop. I haven't had to do so since Tuesday last > week, when I could only do a 1.5 because a shin splint was bothering me. > I've been doing extra stretches before and after and that really helps. > > I *WANT* that marathon this fall. I found out yesterday there's a 10k > coming up in July. That might be the perfect starting point? > > Why do they call it a brick? And what did you hurt? > > Cheers, > Erika > > ##| -----Original Message----- > ##| From: Deanna Schneider > ##| > ##| I did my first swim/bike brick last night. Swam 1/4 mile, > ##| biked 5 miles fast > ##| (12 min/20sec), then 1 mile slow. I really wanted to try to > ##| run after that, but I was good and resisted. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195125 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
