Archive for July, 2008
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stupid.
On Sunday I pushed myself to do a 12 mile run… Longest run before that was 7, a few weeks ago. I have a stiff dull pain in both knees. Argh.So I have been using my foam roller the past couple of days to stretch out the IT band. It is a really painful device. I have had it for about a year and can count the number of times I have used it on one hand. I’m not sure if it’s overhyped or not but everywhere you go to read about IT band issues you will see stuff about the foam roller. Sometimes I can’t breathe when I use it, and I start to sweat. I wonder how many times I will have to use it before it stops hurting and things loosen up?Here is the torture device:
Supposedly it works the way massage does using your own body weight and moving back and forth on the foam roller. Last night after hopping on the torture device I actually googled “foam roller & pain,” and one website said that the more pain you have, the more you need the torture device, I mean, the foam roller and it acknowledged that you may feel “slightly uncomfortable.”
Alright so it isn’t THAT bad but it still hurts and I guess that means I still need it.
Speaking of torture devices, the google search for that term does not lead me to foam rollers. Instead, this creepy stuff, not for the sensitive types: http://www.listaholic.com/12-of-the-most-horrifying-torture-devices-in-history.html
I haven’t run since the 12 miler on Sunday so I am afraid I have shot my knees again. I really don’t want that to happen. I was going to try out my legs tonight but I decided to eat cheetos instead.
Foam roller, here I come.
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first 5k pictures
Ada & me
Here she is licking the sweat off my face, her favorite thing to do when I come home from a run.
Here’s another shot of Ada, but not from the race.
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