I'm holding my own with keeping the back of my legs happy- they are still tight but definitely manageable. Besides adding a few yoga poses to my post-workout stretching routine, I added a daily massage. How can I afford my own masseur? Easy, I do it myself.
As mentioned in an earlier post, I bought (and still use) The Stick, but that doesn't seem to go deep enough to hit my sore muscles (I am abounding with muscles). Then I found a sports therapist's site about how to do your own deep muscle massages using a large pool noodle. It looked like it would work, so I headed to Target and first went down the "yoga" aisle to find a $25 foam roller- too expensive for me. Fortunately, Target seems to think that summer comes to Rochester in the middle of March and they already had pool noodles on sale for only $5. I bought one that was about 6-inches in diameter and 6-feet long and brought it home. I cut it into a shorter lenghth of about 2-1/2 feet wide which is much more manageable. Now I try to roll the back of my legs once a day and it really seems to help by getting the deep knots out of my hamstrings and calves. I recommend the investment to all.
Now for a fundraising update: Last Friday I went on the Hilton High School anouncements (which are televised- so cool!) to say that I was selling bracelets with all money collected going to fight Lou Gehrig's disease. I also sent an email to staff members telling them about the Ironman and asking them to donate to the cause. I was nervous that the 200 bracelets I bought would end up collecting dust, but boy was I wrong. In one week, the students and staff donated $721.92 and the donations are still coming in! Go Hilton!
100 days to go!
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