I ordered a cheap foam roller from Amazon and it arrived today. After doing a quick check on YouTube I had a little play with it at lunchtime....and it hurt! No pain, no gain I suppose!
I know I have tight hamstrings (the physio has told me this in the past) so I am hoping this roller will help. I only used it for about 5-10 minutes and afterwards my legs felt strange. Walking up the stairs immediately afterwards had the same feeling you get when you jump off of a bike and start walking. Very odd!
I'll keep persevering as I have heard very good things about them.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Foam roller and iPod experiments
My achilles is feeling okay, so I'm planning an 8-10 miler tomorrow. If it's still okay after that, I'll be back to the "normal" training next week, as although I will have done four runs this week they have all been at a purposefully slow/easy pace. Also, I expect this will only be around 26-27 miles so I want to try and do 30-35 miles next week if possible with an LSR of around 13, and slowly build up the mileage over the next few weeks.
A few years ago, I used to run with an iPod but I found that I got a bit bored of it and used to settle into the rhythm of the music as opposed to running at whatever pace I wanted. I'm going to try again tomorrow though, but this time listening to a Marathon Talk podcast and see how I get on with that. If I find that I'm either not really taking the podcast in, or alternatively I find it too distracting I'll just turn the iPod off. It's not that I don't enjoy running by myself and taking in the scenery etc, but I just feel like giving it a go to see how I get on. If it works well, it will be a good way of "killing two birds with one stone". I.E., getting the LSR in, plus listening to a podcast at the same time.
On a couple of the threads I follow on Runner's World, foam rollers have been mentioned and seem very popular with other runners. I know that I have tight hamstrings and although I do stretch I never really feel that they get any looser. I have been thinking about getting one for a little while as on some runs I feel that cardio-vascularly I'm feeling fine, but my legs feel "heavy" some how. Therefore, for the sake of £10 delivered, I thought I'd order one so mine should be turning up from Amazon some time next week. I'll report back here on how I find it.
A few years ago, I used to run with an iPod but I found that I got a bit bored of it and used to settle into the rhythm of the music as opposed to running at whatever pace I wanted. I'm going to try again tomorrow though, but this time listening to a Marathon Talk podcast and see how I get on with that. If I find that I'm either not really taking the podcast in, or alternatively I find it too distracting I'll just turn the iPod off. It's not that I don't enjoy running by myself and taking in the scenery etc, but I just feel like giving it a go to see how I get on. If it works well, it will be a good way of "killing two birds with one stone". I.E., getting the LSR in, plus listening to a podcast at the same time.
On a couple of the threads I follow on Runner's World, foam rollers have been mentioned and seem very popular with other runners. I know that I have tight hamstrings and although I do stretch I never really feel that they get any looser. I have been thinking about getting one for a little while as on some runs I feel that cardio-vascularly I'm feeling fine, but my legs feel "heavy" some how. Therefore, for the sake of £10 delivered, I thought I'd order one so mine should be turning up from Amazon some time next week. I'll report back here on how I find it.
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