Yesterday I had a date with Jenny in the athletic training room. She put me through my third session of the "Graston technique," which basically means she beat up my leg with a bunch of metal tools. The purpose of the procedure is to re-injure the tissue and destroy scar tissue so that it can heal properly. It's painful. The first time I had it done I was so sore I had trouble walking later in the night and had to skip running the next day. This time it didn't hurt as bad as the last two, but I've still got some bruises down my lower leg. I actually was able to go out and run a 4 mile fartlek workout only two hours afterwards without much trouble.
Despite all the persistent injuries however, I've somehow managed to keep improving my performances. I dropped a new PR in the 3000 last Friday with a time of 9:42. I'm not sure if it's all the cross training I've been doing or simply the fact that I'm still in shape from off-season training in November/December. Whatever it is though I'm not counting on slowing down anytime soon. We're heading to Stevens Point for a meet this Saturday and I want a 4:40 in the mile. We'll see what happens.
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