One month out - and the knee's back in.

After a week nursing an ITB injury and fretting severely over what my running ability would be for the Tough Mudder, I broke my jogging 'fast' with another group run at Lysterfield.  Each time we've done this run we've bumped the mileage up ever so slightly, with us now hitting 15kms over the two hours we were out there, including a lake dunk (and a short episode of losing a team member (not in the lake thankfully!))

I spent the whole run overfocussed on my knee. Every twinge or tightness being examined, analysed and panicked about. But I'm pleased to say that by the end of the run it was clear that this damn ITB has been sorted - or at least I'm working out how to manage it so it doesn't cause problems. No real pain was evident, so much so that the worse thing experienced was some calf tightening.... Brilliant! :)  I'm mighty pleased and will continue with the arse-busting agony of the foam roller to make sure the knee pain stays away...

Meanwhile, one of our team's supporters (we have quite a few people at work who aren't running with us, but are being very supportive and will even come down to watch and cheer) took part in the Tough Bloke Challenge on Sunday, knocking off the 6km course in just over 1 hour. It was great to hear her feedback - with the strangest being that the mud made her skin feel incredible the day after!  So I guess that's something a bit unexpected to look forward to.

With just under a month to go it really has all come down to the pointy end now and it's all becoming very 'real'. Fingers crossed this last month is injury free and gives us what we need to get through the course as best as we can.