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Easy at Cedar Hill 45:45

Filed under: Training Journal — April 21, 2008 @ 8:54 pm

Monday, April 21, 2008

I hooked up with Juice after work for an easy cruise around the golf course. We ran there from home, did a figure 8 and then ran back home. My legs are a bit sore (upper quads) which is a sign I wasn’t running tall…probably muscling my stride. It kind of felt that way while I was racing so I am not surprised. I did get my massage in with Kimmy (an angel!)   last night and even did a 10 minute ice bath…that was not fun. She suggetsed I start doing this after races or wos to help speed recovery. So, I dumped two trays of ice cubes in cold running water. If I could have screamed as I lowered myself into the tub without the all residents of condominium hearing me, I would’ve. I  got treated to homemade cake that Juice baked for me as a congratulations for my run…how sweet is that?! It gave me something to look forward to after the horrors of the ice-bath.

I forgot to mention that Slaw also ran a PR at the Sun Run…nice going!

5 Comments »

  1. Christopher:

    No sweat silly!

    BamBam brought me a 6pack of hearth’s heavenly nectar, Hermannator…Heavennator!

    I can’t beleive it’s April and I am drinking Hermannator. No one pinch me.

    I’m at peace, sister…

  2. Paul:

    Mar,

    The ice baths are a little less shocking if you get in first and then add the ice.

  3. Walter Cantwell:

    “I got treated to homemade cake that Juice baked for me as a congratulations for my run…how sweet is that?”

    Juice or the cake…lol

    I follow the advice that Paul gave with the ice, but I take it one step further. I sit in the empty tub, then run the cold water and finally add the ice!!! It sounds sadistic; however, I believe it is less SHOCKING:)

  4. Mar:

    I did this once before and got in first and then turned the water on and added the ice…this can be tortuous in a different way as the water line slowly creeps up….why do we do these thngs to ourselves?

  5. Em:

    I was going to make the get in first and then add water suggestion too, that’s how I do it. Those ice baths are so much more horrifying in the winter too!

    And we do it because we are runners :-)

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