1) take it easy, take some extra rest!
2) whilst taking a shower after a run, run some cold water on the legs for some time. After that run some hot water on them. Change again by cold water. Change three times minimum and always end with the cold. This is uncomfortable but one of the best things to do.
3) apply an ice pack.
After I told her I did not know what that was, she got one, gave a demo and putted it in my bag :)
Speaking of new stuff, the inner geek will soon be nurtured with some new books. First, I won 'Ruby in practice' by asking a few questions to Jeremy McAnally and Assaf Arkin, authors of the book. After that I got an e-mail from NoStarch press to do a review on some books, 'Greyhat Python' and 'The Manga Guide to Databases' to be exact. Pretty sweet! I'm quite curious about these books but first need to finish my current book 'learn to program'. I hope I get enough time over the long weekend to finish it. Lucky for me I'll do some more traveling soon and get to eat some books on the way :D
I just came back from a training with two four minute and one five minute and some lesser minute runs. The beginning, as always, was the hardest. As soon as I'm properly warmed up and into my rhythm all is fine, except for the shins offcourse.
I took on the short sleeved Adidas 'adizero' shirt. I found it to be a very nice shirt. At first I was affraid it would be cold but it kept me warm and mostly dry. Though having a soaked shirt from the effort had it's charm, it's just too uncomfortable. The new shirt is definatively better.
Anyway, here are the stats. No significant improvement yet, but apart from the shins, the workout felt a bit too lite allready. I guess that if my legs would have some proper recovery, I would do much better than these stats:
Time to eat and apply my new ice-pack!
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Great stuff! Buying new running gear is a great way to help your running. The tech material is a blessing.
ReplyDeleteThe shop-lady was totally right. Rest is the best thing you can do for your body and ice is one of the best recovery inventions ever.
Great stats! Progress might not be visible very clearly at first, but it definitely is there
Buying stuff is always an incentive to do something :-)
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me this lady has some experience in life. These are very wise comments and I think if you'll keep on running you will return to this shop.
Progress will be visible in average stats. If you keep up collecting data from each run you will see it. Keep it up dude!