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October 13, 2004
New Toys
Several weeks ago Alison had suggested a foam roller to help with muscle tightness. I just got around to ordering it last week and it came today. While I was at it, I ordered a new Swiss ball since I thought the one I had is kinda flimsy. I had so much fun playing with my foam roller this afternoon after my run! The tops of my quads are really tight and I probably wouldn't have really noticed it if I didn't get the roller. I'm going to have my dad help me with inflating my new ball since he likes to feel useful.
My run today felt much better than it did yesterday. I ended up running with K who I haven't seen in a long time. We used to run together frequently, but she has other priorities in her life right now. It was really nice to run with someone else and just relax. I ended up doing the same course as yesterday, but I turned off my watch as soon as I ran into K. I would rather have the company than push myself too hard on an easy day. I know that if I had been by myself I would have pushed too hard and not be able to do my track workout tomorrow night. Unfortunately, the weather gods are going to turn on us tomorrow. We've had beautiful weather for about two weeks now. They're calling for heavy rain on Thursday and Friday.
Not too much else is new. I'm getting ready to go out shopping with my mom for a little bit. We need to go to Bed, Bath, & Beyond and Trader Joe's. I need to get some of my cinnamon Puffins. I don't even put them in milk, I just eat them right out of the box!
Posted by Blondie at October 13, 2004 07:07 PM
Comments
I inflated both of my Swiss balls at the nearby gas station, which has an air machine. This one was particularly nice because it was _free_ air (a concept which amuses me).
I hope you continue to enjoy the foam roller. Someone I know who should remain anonymous got one recently. She followed the instructions that came with it - something like "use roller until pain subsides." She ended up doing it for an hour because the pain wouldn't go away. She actually ended up aggravating her injury further. I'm thinking she should have ordered some common sense to go along with that foam roller :-)
Posted by: Alison at October 13, 2004 07:53 PM
I'm a huge fan of the foam roller. It's helped me with post-workout soreness, especially those hard to massage areas like hip and lower back.
Posted by: Leilani at October 14, 2004 07:38 PM