It's a small world. If you've ever been to Disneyworld, you already knew that, but today was more evidence of the same. See, when I first hopped on the bike a couple of weeks ago, I did something to my knee. It seems that two months off, plus hitting the weights, and not stretching, may have tightened either my ITB or my hamstring tendon to the point that it was skipping over the head of my fibula, and the friction has causing some sort of tendinitis. At least that was my diagnosis after hours of scouring the Internet and various websites on sports injuries and the structure of the knee. But I decided to make an appointment with a real sports doc to confirm my suspicion, and perhaps get some recovery advice. I had become a dedicated stretcher again since that day, spending 10-20 minutes after every workout loosening up my legs, focusing on hammies and ITB, and that seemed to help, since I rode last weekend without pain. Anyways, all that is set-up as to why the world is so small.
As it turns out, the doctor I saw today is in my swim group, from one lane over. We've talked a few times, and this now explains the Jaguar he drives to practice. It really helped to cut down on how much explaining and background I had to give him, so the appointment took almost no time. He did some mobility and structural tests, seeing where there was any pain, and his opinion is the same as the Internet's, tight hamstrings/ITB. Recovery: keep stretching,, and if that doesn't work, there is a Plan B. I didn't ask about Plan B, but I'll assume it involves surgery. So here's hoping Plan A works.
When I got home, I hit a five mile run. It felt pretty good, but my HR got more elevated than it should have at this pace. I'm not sure why this happened, since I didn't do anything for legs yesterday and should be well-recovered, but it did. I will continue to scale back the pace until I get the effort back to where it's supposed to be.
run: 5 miles @ 7.3 mph
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