July 20 - 0 miles

Last night I got a 40-minute leg massage, mostly concentrated on my IT bands. This was deep tissue, sports massage, painful. She did the opposite leg first and surprisingly it hurt. I wasn't eager for the painful leg. When she switched it didn't seem so bad, at first, anyways. Then the pain came. I squirmed and clasped my hands and at one point uttered, "You're going to need to stop that." No such luck. Afterwards I foam rollered, stretched and iced. This morning I woke up to a sore left leg full of reddish bruises all down the region where my IT band lies. Having a tight/hurt IT band is not fun. I haven't run at all in a week. Torture.

(Bruises a few days after the massage...)