Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Thank you!

"To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You spoke and I listened!
How could I not get a foam roller...every single one of you advised me to use one :)
In the above picture, I am smiling nicely for the camera...
However, this picture is more realistic of how it felt...ouch!
But a good ouch :)

Thanks everyone for responding so quickly! I'll keep you posted.

Cheers!

18 comments:

kat said...

Hey, great to see you on a foam roller, I swear by mine, in fact I love it so much I even have one at my other halfs house, just so I can foam roll there! Good luck with the injury,wishing you all the best.
Happy foam rolling.

MomRunningFromCancer said...

Yup - I didn't have an opportunity to respond to your previous blog - but I love (hate) my roller. It really does work out the kinks . . . but at times it can certainly be painful. I use it after my long bike rides on my quad muscles . . . ouch - but afterwards - ahhhhhhh!!!
They really do work.

Alma said...

Hooray! It works good on the ITB, calves, back...whatever you can roll!

AM-GoalsfortheWeek! said...

I like this roller..but I think you'd REALLY like The Stick too. I think it works really well;-)

Irene said...

I love my foam roller, too, especially for getting areas like your hips and glutes! I also have the stick, which is nice to have, too! Great pictures!

Amy said...

Ouch! But from what I hear it really helps. Good luck and hope you are running pain-free very soon!

Char said...

That smile is saying 'OMG I can't believe how much this hurts - but it's a good pain!'

Johann said...

That's good news. I also work out niggles like that. Amazing how well it works...and hurts.

Marlene said...

This will be one of the most valuable purchases in your running 'career'. Keep rolling!

Jill said...

Look at you, you are sooo cute on that foam roller. I always fall over while trying to roll out my IT Band, you look like it's a piece of cake! I use mine almost daily for my glute...owie, but effective! Happy rolling :).

ajh said...

Very quickly it will not hurt so much because the thing works!!! I didn't realize everyone told you to get one! Of course you had to.

Tricia said...

oh yeah, i need to get one

Middle Name Marie said...

Hmmm...I don't have one of those. Maybe I should get one.

Emz said...

I need one of those!! :)

Black Knight said...

What a smile!!!!

Love2Mags said...

I am having same issue! Unfortunately mine became full blown because I just pushed through and now I'm in physical therapy with 9 days before the San Fran 1/2. Gr. Anyways, great to see you rolling! So many people told me the foam roller would work wonders, including my physical therapist. Now I’m rolling for a solid 10-20 minutes every day (and you are SO right…it HURTS!) and stretching whenever I think too. Keep doing what you’re doing! I’m sending healing thoughts your way :)

teacherwoman said...

Yay for the foam roller! LOVE mine!

Rad Runner said...

Foam rollers are the BEST hu? watch, soon you will be somewhere and be dreaming of going home and using it! they are so awesome! Glad you got one!