Moving right along January 3rd-9th

[Becky]

I ran outside for the first time in over a month today! I tweaked my IT band again while running in shoes on the treadmill last week. (Running barefoot on the TM doesn't cause knee pain.) I was pretty paranoid that the evil monster was back, less than 2 weeks before a race. I did 2 miles, being careful to really listen to my body, and had no ITB pain

I did feel some fatigue in my upper quad, just to the inside of my hip, and near the crease of my leg. Is this my TFL muscle that I'm feeling, and could this be the cause of my ITBS? Perhaps this means I'm overusing the TFL and not using the glutes enough....