Today I received the Patt Strap in the mail, and was excited to give it a shot. The Patt Strap is a knee compression strap which appears to help a lot of people with IT band issues. For $20, it was worth a shot.
Once again, I got to the 20 minute (or so) mark before feeling the IT band. This was a disappointment, as this was the distance I had gone the other day before feeling irritation without the Patt Strap. So either the strap did nothing for me, or I was not using it in a way that was helping me.
I continued with the run, doing 4 minutes of running with 30 seconds of stretching. The idea from this comes from the Galloway run-walk-run, except I modified it to be a stretch break instead of a walk break.
This seemed to help quite a bit. Although I could still feel the irritation building up to the 4 minute mark when I would stretch things out, it was enough to allow me to finish the 5+ miles.
Total Distance: 5.25 miles
Total Time: 47:12
Avg HR: 159
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