Oh-mah-gosh NO PAIN!

TOday's Run: 4.26miles BACKWARDS RUN!!
Location: Strawberry Fields hill [CP]

So it's obvious that I would give my first born in return for "no injuries for life" [juss joshing ya...]. Today we ran the hills BACKWARDS!! yup, it's supposed to be easy on the joints.... but bru-tal on the quads! After 2 backwards hill repeat loops (we did 5 repeats altogether), there was ZERO pain in the hip region! Can ya believe it?? I was obviously a happy camper.

Then I proceeded to ask a pacer [Kate] about my potentially mild ITBS. She gave me soooo much good advice! I gots-tuh write 'em down here so I don't forget:
1-pigeon stretch
2-table pigeon stretch [i'm using my own words]
[1 & 2] loosen the hip area
3-leg presses: dual & solo presses
4-sit on bench, raise one leg slightly up with opposite leg on ground. Then get up with ground leg (while raised leg stays raised).
5-leg press "jumps" in 1st position, 2nd position & sickled position.
6-foam roll & ice
7-ice baths after long runs (ouch)

I'd rather do this the rest of my life than not be able to run =/

-c