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Jan. 28, 2008: Coaches say the darndest things.
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After a particularly long run a couple of weeks ago, Jamie, one of our coaches told us that soaking in a tub of ice-water would loosen up the leg muscles. I decided to skip the ice-water and just suffer through. A teammate who tried it said it worked, but her kids kept wanting to jump into the ice-water.
Yesterday I did a long run as I prepare for a marathon in late February. 18 miles, just me and my I-pod. OK, so there was one stop at my parents house about 1/3 of the way through to replenish my Gatorade and Cliff Bar supply, and the one stop at Starbucks for a bathroom break. I figured out that you can get in and out of Starbucks pretty easily to use the bathrooms without passing the front counter so you don't feel like you have to buy something. I know that's not the right thing to do, but I really had to go after all that Gatorade and I really don't like coffee.
Last night I decided to finally try the ice-water bath. I have no kids around who would want to join me in the ice-water, but the cats were pretty curious. Zander jumped right up on the side of the tup and dipped his paws in repeatedly. Ruby had to keep an eye on me, but was quite frankly afraid of the water. At one point she was standing on her hind legs, intently watching the water as she backed very slowly and cautiously away. The dog has always been afraid of the bathroom and the ice-water didn't lure her in, but my wife was about as curious as the cats. She made several trips into the bathroom, dipped her fingers into the water and said "you're nuts!"
So, did it work? Well, today I feel like I ran a 10k race at a pretty good pace. I'm a little tight, but overall feel pretty good, considering the fact that I did not, in fact run a 10k. I ran 3 10k's back to back to back. |
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